Sen. Harder moves to put deadlines on 11 bills in Senate at once

The motion proposed by the government’s representative in the Chamber would ensure that all of the bills listed are passed by the time the Senate rises in the summer.

Senator Peter Harder, the government's representative in the Senate, gave notice on Tuesday of his intention to set deadlines for debating, studying, and voting on 11 bills. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 3, 2019

The government’s representative in the Senate is proposing to put deadlines for Senators to finish their debate, study, and voting on 11 bills now in the Senate, a move that opposition Conservatives say violates committee independence and amounts to a massive time-a...

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