Reply #9: Not sure about protocol

[kerrygoddess]

Not sure about protocol for announcing new legislation, but it would seem they need to get through the nominations hearing for all the new cabinet members before the Senate and House members start to introduce new legislation.

He's only been back from his trip to the Middle East for a couple of days, so I would assume he needs to study the reports from Conyers and determine what he thinks is the best course of action. Others are also planning to introduce legislation.

This is from Kerry's Senate website:

"As I have committed, in the coming months I will present a national proposal to ensure transparency and accountability in our voting process. I plan to use the information gathered by Representative Conyers in his report, and information from other investigations underway, to guide my legislation. It will be one of my top agenda items. I ask the Republican leadership, and all those concerned about voting rights, to join this effort so that we act on reform this year."

"I will continue to strongly support the efforts of the civil rights and voting rights groups across the country that continue to investigate what happened in 2004 and how we can ensure it will never happen again."

http://kerry.senate.gov/bandwidth/cfm/record.cfm?id=230432