Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Liveblogged - The Orphan Works Markup

Well, it appears that the House Judiciary Committee has opted not to live webcast the markup. has, after all, decided to webcast the markup. We'll live-blog it for the next hour or so, since we're in between assignments, and wanted to get a listen to who's saying what. Since we're not set up for liveblogging with an auto-refresh feature, you'll want to hit the 'reload' button every three to four minutes to see what we've added.

(Comments, if any, after the Jump)

We're arriving there shortly.....


2:02 - We're here. The comittee is still discussing retail gas prices - the hearing before the one on Orphan Works.


2:08 - still discussing oil. Hearing wrapping up shortly. Feels like it will wrap up shortly.


2:10 - previous hearing concludes. Members switching out, should begin shortly.


2:14 - The House has just called a five minute vote. Those in charge of the webcast are indicating that they WILL be webcasting the markup. It may be as long as 30 minutes before they start.


2:21 - No members in the hearing room yet.


2:24 - Doors open. Members of the public interested in Orphan Works are filing in.


2:28 - An additional inquiry made about Live Webcast link. Technicians indicate it will be on the site "shortly."


2:29 - Link now active. You can get to it from THIS LINK as well, or go direct from the committee's website.


2:31 - 13 minutes remain in another vote that was called on the House floor.


2:36. 8 minutes remain in the floor vote. The microphones were just tested.


2:47 - the room is almost full, staff is behind the rostrum, but there are no members here yet.


2:57 - I can see the webcast. It's streaming the eagle seal that is on the wall in the back of the room. No members yet.


2:59 - another vote has been scheduled.


3:06 - one amendment is being discussed here, before things get started.


3:08 - 12 minutes remain in another House vote. No members yet, but at-least one amendment is confirmed, in the behind-the-scenes scuttlebut going on here.

WIth that in mind, you are best served being returned to your regularly scheduled programming - the live webcast. Please direct your browsers to the House Judiciary Committee's web page for the webcast.


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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

you and Darryl Lang need to get to ghettos . spread the love and the orphan work thing.. go ahead . we will-not watch.kiss and match

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