Under a Republican majority, the Senate twice rejected such a measure last year.
But the panel, under pressure from the Bush administration, rejected a measure that would have kept the program alive until the fall.
But the legislation still faces big opposition in the Senate, which rejected a similar measure last year.
They rejected a measure that would have repealed the state's video lottery.
But the Senate rejected a similar measure, 52 to 48.
But voters rejected a similar measure in 2000 and might do so again.
In 1992, they rejected a measure to make abortion more widely available.
- Rejected a measure allowing workers to keep their doctors if they change health plans.
Voters rejected a measure to expand the state's medical marijuana law.
The vote was 260 to 170 to reject a measure that would have ended the trade benefits.