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Meetings before President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status and Congressional Action on October 23, 2007

By Tom Lincoln

Meetings will be held at the Department of Justice next Tuesday, October 23, 2007 presided by the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status. We last posted here on the Report by the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status.Also on Tuesday the House of Representatives will be going through the markup of what appears to be an Amendment In The Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 900 Offered by Mr. Rahall of West Virginia. In essence, this provides for a referendum vote for or against the current status -- a colonial status.UPDATE: You can view the House Committee on Natural Resources markup hearing here.

Full post as published by Macondo Law on October 21, 2007 (boomark / email).