The results included alarming police hyperactivity, legislative over-reaction and a reduction in personal freedoms.
According to Texas, 189 state legislators had asserted legislative privilege over the documents to try to prevent this outcome.
Mr. McConnell made his announcement as the Senate returned from recess and the legislative struggle over new gun safety legislation entered a critical phase.
"The address was an implicit acknowledgment that his once-grand legislative ambitions are over," writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post.
If he doesn't have one early for the Congress, what happens is the legislative calendar takes over".
The legislative fight over a final number will play out over the rest of this year.
Harris also details the legislative wrangling over Medicare.
A major legislative fight over the budget is certain.
He handed his legislative powers over to Henri in 1998, and last year said he would abdicate.
There was one significant limitation upon the traditional legislative control over the purse strings.
The 2010 legislative fight over extending unemployment benefits featured the argument that the program encouraged laziness.
