Nevada Copper Corp NEVDQ

RE:Congress and the Senate

[thomsoni]

Hi Mats... That is my understanding as well. If it doesn't pass in this Congressional session, then the bill has to get proposed in the House of Reps (and Senate), go to committee for markup, get put on the calendars of each house for a vote in the next session of Congress. I think the Senate is back in action by Nov 12th until the end of the year. Our bill has already been referred to the Senate Committee (Natural Resources). Senator Dean Heller (R) Nevada is on the committee and I am sure he will do his best to expedite reporting of the bill to the Senate THIS year WITH NO CHANGES TO THE HOUSE BILL VERSION. (if there are changes---we are hooped since it will have to go back the House for another approval/vote) Once the bill ends up on the Senate calendar, Senator Harry Reid (D) Nevada the majority leader, will be the one that ultimately decides when to put the House bill up for a vote. He may want to lump it in with some of the other non-partisan bills that the House recently passed. If I may make an observation, the Senate seems to spend most of its time confirming people for appointments and not a lot of time voting on bills or legislation. I am not sure what advantages there are to this sort of redundant legislative system in the States. Certainly there have been a pile of House bills that have been passed, but they do not seem to come up for a vote in the Senate very often.