The House passed this measure, but the Senate never considered it, so the bill expired and never became law.
The bill expired along with the 109th Congress.
But he suggested that an agreement was still far in the distance, saying that the bill had previously expired for 13 months.
Her first bill expired in the legislative machinery and in 1995 she tried again.
The six-year bill, originally enacted by Congress in 1991, expired last Tuesday.
The bill would expire five years after the completion of regulations.
When the bill expired, the number of vendors in Times Square quadrupled.
The legislation, known as a continuing resolution, has to pass before the existing bill expires Friday.
Although they helped introduce the concepts, the bills in the 108th Congress made little progress and expired at the close of the Congress.
A full vote by the Senate was not held for the legislation and the bill expired on 3 January 2009 with the end of the congressional session.