A bill to censure Government of the Student Body President Adam Gold was defeated at Wednesday night’s meeting.

The bill, written by senators Milton McGriff, Allan Nosworthy, and Arthur Green, was drawn up over disagreement about Gold’s request for GSB Adviser Terri Houston’s resignation earlier this month.

It went down on an 18-12 vote.

The bill was debated by senators for more than 30 minutes.

“He [Gold] did not give her [Houston] or the Senate the reasons why he was asking for her resignation,” McGriff said.

But some said the bill was without merit. “I find this to be a ridiculous bill,” said Sen. Amber Powell.

A censure bill, an extremely rare GSB proposal, does not call for any action. It is simply a statement of disapproval.

Even if passed, Gold would have had to sign the bill before it became official. Gold had said he would have signed the bill.

Supporters of the bill said no one branch of GSB should have the authority to force an adviser out.

“The point is whether one branch has the right to take away soneone’s position,” Sen. Veronique Cantrell-Avloes said. “This is something that you do not want any branch to do to another branch.”

Rob Livingston, a former senator who attended the meeting, suggested that senators first find out what actually happened between Gold and Houston before voting on the bill.

“It really seems like a quarrel that they can work out by themselves,” he said.

Gold said after the meeting that if the censure bill had passed it would have been a black eye for GSB.

“It failed, and [I’m] glad to know that I have the confidence of the senators,” he said.

“The Senate supports what I did and hopefully we can get back to business in representing the students.”

Nosworthy said one of the purposes of the bill was to serve as a reminder that there are three GSB branches, not one. “I feel the bill was an attempt to voice the concerns of progressive people on campus,” he said.

McGriff said he was disappointed in the Senate.

“It shows that the Senate approves of Gold asking Houston to resign without giving any reasons,” he said.