Answer: "gender" .
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A proposed piece of legislation (bill) can be defeated by opponents when "<span>all of the above" take place, since it's possible for the bill to never reach the committee. </span>
That would be Adolf Hitler, as stated in this source (History.com) "Hitler appointed a new Nazi government, and on March 13 the Anschluss was proclaimed. Austria existed as a federal state of Germany until the end of World War II, when the Allied powers declared the Anschluss void and reestablished an independent Austria."
