What does it mean to "Table a bill" ?

internet ^ | February 14, 2009 | knarf

[knarf]

Wellll ... I always wondered.

[April Lexington]

It means you delay further action until it is called back to the floor. It means, you put the bill on hold.

[LukeL]

Or it means you don’t want to go on the record being against it, so you use parliamentary procedure to kill the bill by putting it off for good.

[ThomasThomas]

It is also used when it would shameful to have a record of your on a bill so you never let it come up for vote.

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"It means you delay further action until it is called back to the floor. It means, you put the bill on hold"

I specifically remember learning what it means to table a bill when I was in the sixth grade. Also what it means to veto and pocket veto a bill.

I have a clear visual memory of my fifth grade history textbook's glossary definition of "Lord". The definition provided was: A rich and powerful man.

[scrabblehack]

As I recall, it depends which side of the big pond you’re on. In America, it means to stop discussing a bill. In the U.K., it means to start discussing one.