I guess why the visa bulletin is still not publishd out yet is because they are waiting for the Bill S.1033 which will be voted on Oct 20th by Congress. T see more on Bill S.1033, especially section 601, please visit http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=S.1033&congress=109 or http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.1033:
to see the whole Bill.
You still have 2days to contact your senator to support the Bill.