> > I can't comment on British or Australian Parliamentary procedure, but in > the > > American version when a bill is "tabled" it's effectively dead. It's > > essentially a way of killing a bill without voting up or down on it - > > instead it's just kept in permanent limbo. > > > > Ahhh, you mean "shelved"? At least, that is what we call the process of > quietly killing a parliamentary bill. And here you can only vote on a bill > once it IS tabled. > > There I am, thinking how similar we all are and then something like a simple > difference in the use of a word brings home how ... alien ... all you others > are. ;-) > > Brett
I always thought tabled to mean as you say, Brett, to open for dicussion. Shelved is to file away for later, not always kill. Perhaps the NASA person meant it has to go back to the drawing board, to figure out ways to reduce costs, ie re-talk about it. Kevin T.
