His opponent tried hard to find out why, but could not.
"Our opponents tried with all their means to turn back the process we are now in," he said.
Opponents tried to kill the bill, but failed 173 to 202.
In election years, opponents can also try to turn the practice into a small spring storm.
Opponents have been trying to mobilize support for a park.
After opponents tried to get the case dismissed, it went to trial at the turn of the century.
The team scores one point for each word they make and the opponents then try to beat that score.
"Now today my opponent tries to say I made up reasons to go to war," he said.
His Democratic opponents are trying to prove him right on that last remark.
When opponents tried to remove the sign, workers prevented them from doing so.