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Senators Trent Lott (R-MS) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) have signed as co-sponsors of S884, senate version of The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act.

The addition of Lott and Hagel brings the Senate cosponsor count to 14; 7 Democrat and 7 Republican.

Chuck Hagel

Trent Lott

Hagel is the 7th member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee to cosponsor S884. The bill was referred to the 21 member Banking Committee, chaired by co-sponsor Richard Shelby (R-AL), on April 10.
 

Lott, who stepped down as incoming Majority Leader in December after commenting that the US would have been better off had Strom Thurmond been elected President in 1948, chairs the powerful Rules Committee. In a nutshell, the Rules Committee controls the flow of legislation through the Senate. The committee will hear testimony on June 17th regarding HR151, a bill that would require public disclosure of "Holds".

Currently, any Senator, for any reason (or for none at all) can place a 'Hold' on any legislation pending in the Senate. Barring leaks, 'Holds' are anonymous. They are also considered, as one staffer put it, "bad manners". Should HR151 become law, Senators opposing The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act will be unlikely to place a Hold on S884.

Below is a complete list of Senate Co Sponsors

• Bunning, Jim - (R - KY)
• Hutchison, Kay - (R - TX)
• Johnson, Tim - (D - SD)
• Lincoln, Blanche - (D - AR)
• Nelson, Ben - (D - NE)
• Reid, Harry - (D - NV)
• Shelby, Richard - (R - AL)
• Miller, Zell - (D - GA)
• Talent, James - (R - MO)
• Breaux, John - (D-LA)
• Michael Crapo - (R-ID)
• Thomas Carper - (D-DE)
• Trent Lott - (R-MS)
• Chuck Hagel - (R-NE)

No hearings have been scheduled.

The Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee is made up of 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats. Ex-Chairman, and current ranking member, Paul Sarbanes threatened to torpedo RTO legislation during the 107th congress (see Sarbanes to Block RTO Legislation).