IMO July fiasco (making everything current) was the effect of CIR 2007. That was intentional move by DOS in anticipation of a passage of CIR. When they were sure that CIR won't pass, they reverted the bulletin back and rest is history.
Here are the dates:
CIR 2007 introduced in Senate on: May 9, 2007
CIR Vote on cloture fails in Senate: June 7 2007July 2007 visa bullettin released on :June 12 2007.
A related bill S. 1639 fails on: June 28, 2007
Bulletin was reversed on :July 2, 2007
S. 1639 failed on June 28, visa bulletin was reversed on July 2
July visa bulletin had already come out on June 12 2007.
The decision to publish this bulletin might have been taken sometime in May 2007.
Even if we base the events on the Original CIR 2007 which failed on June 7 2007, it would have taken sometime to communicate the decision to revert the bulletin to USCIS.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
