Assertion: legislature's committee | /r/CapableOf | kill bill
Facets:
value: without a public vote
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Across the country, pocket veto powers are not uncommon in state legislatures, which allows a committee to "kill" a bill, sometimes without even a public vote; in Colorado, the power was notably repealed in a citizen initiative constitutional amendment in 1988 driven by various reform groups.
text: A committee can kill a bill by failing to act on it.