Posted on 02/15/2009 5:43:24 PM PST by Daniel T. Zanoza
Illinois State House & Senate Majority Leaders determine the fate of a bill before assigned to a Committee: The rest is a political shell game and, sadly, this type of political gamesmanship plays across the Country by Dan Zanoza
...state legislation must make it out of assigned Committees before coming to the full House or Senate for an up or down vote. Hence, the easiest way to kill a bill is to make sure the legislation never comes out of its assigned Committee.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama took considerable criticism from the pro-life community for being the Chair of the legislative body which doomed the born-alive infants protection act. However, from the beginning, the die was cast. Emil Jones had given Obama an edict that these bills should never ...
... The life of legislation can also be impacted in reverse by political leaders. More recently, Mike Madigan, the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, created a new political body called the "Youth and Family Committee". This Committee is headed by an openly "gay" member of the Illinois House, Greg Harris (D-Chicago) with the blessings of Mike Madigan. This Committee has been assigned HB 0178, a bill whose purpose is to legalize homosexual "marriage". Harris is also the sponsor of this legislation titled the "Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act"...
...putting Harris in charge of the life or death of such a law is akin to putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. And make no mistake. This is the reason Mike Madigan appointed Harris not only Chairman of the agenda-driven...
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Pro-Gay-Marriage Movement Looks To ‘Obamify’
SFChronicle | February 15, 2009
Posted on 02/15/2009 6:41:04 PM PST by Steelfish
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