The phrase "achieved passage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone has successfully passed through a stage, process, or obstacle, such as legislation or a test.
Example: "After months of debate, the new law finally achieved passage in the Senate."
Alternatives: "secured approval" or "gained acceptance".
That is why it is so important for Congress to finally pass a federal shield law for journalists and why we commend Senators Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, for a compromise bill designed to achieve passage.
By Richard Harris The New Yorker, March 28 , 1964P. 46 ANNALS OF LEGISLATION about the struggle to achieve passage of Senate Bill 1552, which was drafted by the Sen. Subcommittee on Antitrust & Monopoly, headed by the late Sen. Estes Kefauver.
To be sure, Mr. Obama was successful in achieving passage of some of his initiatives last year, such as making permanent the earned-income tax credit, the child tax credit and modest assistance for older Americans adversely affected by trade.
ANNALS OF LEGISLATION about the struggle to achieve passage of Senate Bill 1552, which was drafted by the Sen. Subcommittee on Antitrust & Monopoly, headed by the late Sen. Estes Kefauver.
Even so, Gov. Jeb Bush and leaders of Florida's State Legislature deserve credit for achieving passage of a voting reform package that promises to vault Florida beyond its embarrassing "hanging chad" crisis of last November into a leadership role in the effort to modernize voting throughout the country.
We should also celebrate the women journalists of the time, like Miriam Michelson, whose relentless and vivid coverage was pivotal in achieving passage of the 19th Amendment.
How do we achieve passage of Medicare Part C For All? My answer is for Senators Orrin Hatch and Elizabeth Warren to jointly sponsor the bill and get the President to sign on.
He helped achieve passage of a migrant education law.
Her effectiveness was the single most important element in achieving passage of the ACA.
