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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 89692, member: 669&quot;]Take a look at Section 8 of the Bill passed by the House of Representatives on November 10, and presently pending in the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, as posted at the <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:2:./temp/~c1095JNYNB::" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:2:./temp/~c1095JNYNB::" rel="nofollow">Library of Congress website</a>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As a lawyer, I read that language as clearly stating that the 2004/5 nickles to be &quot;issued&quot; (sold) after midnight on December 31, 2005, must be in existence (that is &quot;minted&quot;) by that deadline.</p><p><br /></p><p>To go into effect, the bill still needs to be approved by the Committee and either passed by the full Senate without amendment, or re-passed by both houses after any Senate amendments are hashed out by a joint House/Senate Conference Committee, and signed by the President&nbsp; - all before December 31 while Congressmen are concentrating on plans for their Christmas parties back in the district. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I think it has three chances of becoming law:&nbsp; slim, fat and none. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>(I&#039;ve included the full text because of its interest to this group.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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