Word: bill
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...Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) had asked the Senate to force the committee to discharge the bill, a move that would have required a simple majority vote to prevail...
LaFontaine said the bill stayed bottled up in the committee two years ago and never made it to the Senate floor for a vote...
...added that he expected there still would be floor fights over proposed Senate amendments to the bill, including one that would discourage the Department of Social Services from placing foster children with or allowing adoptions by gays and lesbians...
LaFontaine said the bill must still clear several hurdles before becoming law, including votes in the Senate, a final vote in the House and possibly a House-Senate conference committee to clear up differences between the two chambers' versions of the bill...
Bulger, who personally opposes the bill, deserves credit for not attempting to block action on it, LaFontaine said. "It has been a test of whether the powerful people will let the majority rule...