Glazer urged representatives to vote without considering political motivations.

“Please try to separate yourself and your own political interests,” said Glazer.

The bill failed 13-18-2.

Glazer said after the meeting that “there are other procedures to consider” in order to implement elections directly to committees but declined to elaborate further.

Glazer later chastised representatives who were absent from the meeting. By the end of the meeting, the UC was barely at quorum and nearly unable to pass reform legislation which has been in the works for the entire semester. Half of the UC must be in attendance to vote on any legislation.

“I don’t understand how at the most important meeting of our semester we don’t even have half the council,” Glazer said angrily after having to void a vote with fewer than 26 members.

After the first round of voting, the UC has yet to consider nine major reform changes to its bylaws and will have a meeting to vote on them this week.

In other UC business, the most recent grant package was cut by 35 percent across the board due to a shortage of funds and an unusually high number of applicants.

The grant for the Christian singing group “Under Construction” was ruled out of order by Glazer after members raised concerns about the organization’s constitutional requirements that members “be comfortable” with the principles of the group, which include the Christian faith.

Glazer and representative Jason L. Lurie ’05 argued that the stipulation violated the UC’s non-discrimination policy, which prohibits the UC from funding groups that are discriminatory in membership.

The clause has been invoked several times over the semester, as the UC has struggled with the interpretation of its nondiscrimination clause regarding funding for political and all-female groups.

—Staff writer Liz C. Goodwin can be reached at goodwin@fas.harvard.edu.