hotlining
n.— «Sen. Daniel Akaka, the Democratic chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, stopped Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison late Thursday from bypassing the committee process and pushing her bill straight to a vote, a procedure known as hotlining.» —“Democrat slows Hutchison’s veterans debt relief bill” by Suzanne Gamboa Dallas Morning News (Texas) Feb. 15, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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