http://austinist.com/2006/04/07/news_bits.php All comments for News Bits! en-us 2009 austin_allen Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:56:07 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss allen@escapeest.com allen@escapeest.com 60 http://austinist.com/2006/04/07/news_bits.php#comment-226346 http://austinist.com/2006/04/07/news_bits.php#comment-226346 Comments Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:10:36 -0600 <p>"A painstakingly crafted compromise bill that supporters claimed would win an overwhelming majority received only 38 of the 60 votes needed to protect it from being watered down with amendments by opponents in a test vote Friday morning (April 7), according to The Associated Press. The derailment of the deal came after Democrats, who insisted that the bill have no amendments, lost six votes."</p>