February 2007 – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds hearings on whether to add
protection for national security whistleblowers in the legislation.
March 2007 – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds hearings and marks up
legislation.
March 2007 – House passed the legislation, H.R. 985, 331-94, despite a veto threat issued by the Bush
administration.
November 2007 – Senate HSGAC committee again marks up the legislation, S. 274.
December 2007 – Senate again passes the legislation, S. 274, by unanimous consent.
September 2008 – Informal agreement reached for a compromise between H.R. 985 and S. 274, and
another bill is offered, but secret holds by two offices block votes in the Senate again. Advocates
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