Reported this morning from Politico’s Huddle:
The House Rules Committee postponed a planned Tuesday afternoon markup of legislation that would rewrite patent law because of an unresolved dispute over whether to give the Patent and Trademark Office full control over the money that it raises through fees or continue to require an annual congressional appropriation for its budget.
Fee diversion must stop. Move government oversight of a good running government entity, i.e., not running at a deficit, cannot be good!
Posted by MarkMalek | June 14, 2011, 12:39 pmThe fight was inevitable … this is all appropriations hears: “We’ve managed to steal $800 M in profits from this agency? Cool! Wait, you want us to stop? NFW! KTHANXBAI”
Posted by Patrick | June 14, 2011, 1:07 pm