Hotlined Bills Spark Concern
Conservatives Worried by Boost
Roll Call Staff
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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