It looks like things have worked out well for us with this year's "minibus" appropriations bill that was just signed into law.
Tops on my list is that it denies funding for any arbitrary decision restricting the import of otherwise qualified C&R firearms. That would be the Korean M1 decision by the State Department.
Another is a prohibition on the use of funds to change the definition of a curio or relic. That goes hand in hand with the above.
There are several other important restrictions on federal power and prohibitions of federal actions that are, I think, good for the entire firearms community.
Here's a summary from the NRA:
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Fe...d.aspx?id=7180