The bill would provide landlords a way out, he said, but then added, "The driving force of the bill is not that".
Like a force of nature, tax bills gather momentum in outlying committees, change shape as they approach the floor of the House or Senate, then hit the statute books with unintended and often damaging results.Just such a bill is now about to become law.
If Assembly leaders refuse to release the bill from committee, Republicans may try a parliamentary procedure known as a "motion to release," in which a simple majority of the Assembly can force a bill out of committee in order to have a floor vote on it.
Politically, this kind of bill would force opponents to explain why they instead wanted smaller tax cuts for middle-class families and businesses and a bigger one for the affluent.
Of the 218 signatures needed to force the bill out of committee, 210 have been collected -- with the latest signature on the petition coming just last week.
The AUMF (Authorization of the Use of Military Force) was a bill passed in the immediate wake of 9/11 and authorized the President of the United States to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against those who had aided the terrorists responsible for the attacks.
The AUMF (The "Authorization of the Use of Military Force") was a bill passed in the immediate wake of 9/11 and authorized the president to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against those who had aided the terrorists responsible for the attacks.
The raiders force their bill down the throat of the victim either the parent about to disgorge their food or recently fed young and extract the ball of food.
In a move of utter cynicism, foes of Shays-Meehan are planning to offer an amendment throwing out this small loophole, in hopes of forcing the bill into conference and killing it.
This is the utility of forcing a bill and the Republicans are going to be forced to take a position one way or the other.
Perry has been forced to call another special session of the state legislature to force the bill through.
