BANKRUPTCY REFORM STILL POSSIBLE
October 30, 2001
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The House Judiciary Committee will be turning its attention to other matters in the weeks remaining before adjournment —possibly including a conference on bankruptcy, CongressDaily reported.
Further work on the legislation had been postponed after the Sept. 11 attacks occurred. The House and Senate conferees had been poised to meet Sept. 12. A spokesman for the committee yesterday said that no new conference date has been set, but staff members in recent weeks have continued to work on technical aspects of the bankruptcy measure.
Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), who is chairing the conference committee, is determined to make a go of it before members leave town for the year, according to sources. While noting that the committee’s agenda had not yet been formulated, his spokesman did not rule out the prospect. “It’s definitely a possibility,” he said.
