‘Hotlined’ Bills Spark Concern

Conservatives Worried by Boost

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
Sept. 17, 2007, 12 a.m.

Senate conservatives are upset that the leaders of both parties in the chamber have in recent years increasingly used a practice known as “hotlining” bills — previously used to quickly move noncontroversial bills or simple procedural motions — to pass complex and often costly legislation, in some cases with little or no public debate.



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