Word: bill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although some state legislators expressed enthusiasm for the bill, they said they were skeptical about the measure's chance of making it to the Governor's desk...
...Ninety percent of bills fail," said Osborne. The measure now goes before the House Rules Committee, which will either kill the bill or refer it to a House committee...
...situation in South Africa has made people attentive to the severity of the situation," said Larry Kraus, a legislative aide to the bill's House sponsor. But he said the fact that the bill was introduced late in the session will make passage more difficult, he added...
Cambridge City Councillor David E. Sullivan said he strongly endorses the bill. "Public money should be used in a socially responsible way," he said. "If we support the racist regime in South Africa, the opposite is true...
...added bonus, Sullivan said, the bill would cut down on Harvard's expansion into Cambridge's residential neighborhoods. "If Harvard can't expand because it is ineligible to issue bonds, I won't be shedding any tears," he said...