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...