Its release was delayed. It was meant to come out last year. It didn't get released until after the Democratic debates, and even now it's only in draft form.

I still wouldn't say, "wouldn't give."

Cool. I'm not you. "Wouldn't give" and "did not pass last year" are equivalent to me. Everyone understands Congress must vote on ideas periodically and what I wrote is shorthand for that.

You're implying that there has been a vote on F-B at some point so far.

Nope, I'm not. Congressmen discuss bills with each other before releasing. They usually won't come out with something unless there's some support. Obama's been asking for this legislation since Cyrus Vance's whitepaper in November 2015 [1]

For further play-by-play you can skim the white house daily briefings for references to encryption and/or feinstein over the last few months [2].

[1] https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/dont-panic/DA_Repor...

[2] https://encrypted.google.com/search?safe=off&q=encryption+fe...

If all of this inside-baseball is what's underpinning your point, then "wouldn't give" is indeed doing a lot of work in your original statement.

Oh brother. It was shorthand. Sorry if you didn't get my meaning at first but I think you get my point now.