I'm neither for nor against the bill but IMO the League's desperate support of EMCOM is like a drowning man grasping at straws. Once upon a time they were the main support of Amateur Radio as liaison to the FCC but the politics of both have spoiled it all and membership (funds) has fallen to an all time low. No longer a liaison to any government body, relying on individual petitioning the House and Senate is a desperation move to say the very least, the ARRL is breathing it's last.