The idea arose from a currently circulating draft internet engineering proposal spearheaded by Google and others, and available in DNS server software.
On Friday, Mr. Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, circulated a draft resolution that would begin the process of expelling Mr. Lopez; the Assembly had planned to vote on the resolution on Monday.
A few days later, Russia circulated a draft resolution at the UN in New York to endorse the new approach.
Malaysia, an elected member of the Security Council, has circulated a draft resolution aiming to create such a body.
Kuwait circulated a draft of a statement expressing "outrage and sorrow" at the killings and seeking an independent investigation.
He circulated a draft of a dissent that accused Justice Kennedy of using "hyperbole that can have but one purpose: to further incite an American press, public and pulpit" on the abortion debate.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and the state Treasury Department on Tuesday circulated a draft of a proposed consent agreement between the state and the city of Detroit that proponents say would help solve the city's fiscal woes.
Last week, newly minted HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn)., who has said he wants to drive a bipartisan rewrite, circulated the draft of a bill that would temper the federal government's authority over America's public schools.
Barack Obama, in one of his first acts as president, yesterday circulated a draft of an executive order to shut down the camp.
Staffers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, meanwhile, have circulated a draft recommendation of a possible lawsuit against Google over alleged antitrust violations.
Lawmakers and lobbyists say, however, that in private conversations, company officials have been promoting a switch for years, and have even circulated a draft bill for legislators to consider.
