This month, despite pressure by the Senator and his aides, the House killed the amendment.
Five and a half hours later, in a vote that brought many exhausted lawmakers to tears, the House killed the plan, 81 to 69.
At first, it seems House really killed him, but then Vincent drops a bullet he held in his hand.
Big media conglomerates had hoped that the House of Representatives would kill the growing political efforts to overturn their recent deregulation.
The House then reversed itself and killed the Smith amendment, 207 to 200.
Last year the House killed a Senate bill to raise the speed limit.
The Republican-controlled House killed his bill twice, but Mr. Price, a Democrat, is trying again.
The House of Representatives' answer: first, kill all the lawyers.
However, the Republican-controlled House of Delegates killed the proposal.
After a public outcry, the government announced that it would reconsider the open-ended provision; the House of Lords eventually killed it entirely.