Word: bill
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...Joseph Walsh (D-Boston) tried and failed yesterday to postpone Ways and Means action on the bill for one month...
...bill, affecting discrimination in housing, employment, credit and public accommodations, passed the House and won a majority in the Senate last year. But before the measure could get a final Senate vote, it was sent to a committee headed by opponent Sen. Arthur Lewis (D-Boston), who refused to release the bill...
...measure, which has Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' backing, ultimately died in the 1987 session because supporters failed to muster the two-thirds Senate majority needed to pull the bill out of Lewis' committee...
Supporters are hoping that by moving the bill through the legislative process earlier this year, and starting that process in the Senate, that they can avoid the parliamentary maneuvers that led to the Lewis logjam...
Even with yesterday's committee victory, Isaacson and Barrett hesitated to predict the bill might finally pass the Legislature this year, saying they feared the 1988 election year would shorten the legislative session and could cause some lawmakers who supported the bill last year to change their minds...