From: justice’s posterous
"Maryland House Judiciary Committee wrongly killed a bill on Thursday that would have... brought Maryland into conformance with the practices of every other state in the country."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/06/AR2010030601948.html
Is FRANK M. CONAWAY, Jr., one of the Committee members a domestic violence perp himself?
See http://citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=12819 THAT would explain a lot!
FRANK M. CONAWAY, JR.    
Democrat, District 40, Baltimore City
Curtis S. Anderson (D-Baltimore)    
Benjamin S. Barnes (D-Prince George's)    
Jill P. Carter (D-Baltimore)    
Frank M. Conaway Jr. (D-Baltimore)    
Donald H. Dwyer Jr. (R-Anne Arundel)    
William J. Frank (R-Baltimore County)    
J.B. Jennings (R-Baltimore County)    
Kevin Kelly (D-Allegany)    
Kevin Kelly (D-Allegany)    
Gerron S. Levi (D-Prince George's)    
Tony McConkey (R-Anne Arundel)    
Victor R. Ramirez (D-Prince George's)    
Samuel I. Rosenberg (D-Baltimore)    
Todd L. Schuler (D-Baltimore County)    
Luiz R.S. Simmons (D-Montgomery)    
Michael D. Smigiel Sr. (R-C