break a bill

Getting marijuana reforms, whether it's medical marijuana or adult legalization, through state legislatures is a tough, grinding slog, and the position of the governor can make or break a bill.

That means the Freedom Caucus can make or break a bill.

Congress loves drama and on big legislative ventures, being that last senator to make or break a bill’s  fate can bring political rewards – or put a target on your back.

"I don't never like to break a bill unless I've got to," she remarked, returning the Holy Virgin to Angela's arms; "but I'm going to have one of them chickens too," and away she went after the fakir.

He kept his family expenses as low as possible, buying only the plainest of food-material and hesitating long to break a bill, though it were only of the denomination of one dollar.