And a host of routine business tax breaks — from wind energy subsidies to research and development tax credits — cannot be passed because of Republican insistence that they be paid for with spending cuts.
She must reconsider the question by asking "not whether legislators were aware of" the law's "racially discriminatory effect, but whether the law was passed because of that disparate impact".
This was highlighted today when the Democratic leadership in Congress announced that a broad economic stimulus package Obama sought was not likely to be passed because of Republican opposition.
In the 10-page letter, the company predicted in 2013 that a mass industry flight would result if laws to regulate tar sands, cut power plant pollution and accelerate the uptake of renewable energy were passed, because of the extra costs and red tape they allegedly entailed.
"The death sentence on De Mauro was passed because of a convergence of two elements," Ingroia said.
"The time to avoid meaningful climate change is passed," because of the enormous time delays involved in climate processes.
For months now, I have read time after time that if elected president, Bernie Sanders "won't be able to get anything done," and that his policies will "never be passed" because of Republican opposition.
"The high percentage of bonds are passing because of this shot in the arm".
The 1984 law was passed because other methods of compensating innocent people who were imprisoned, like suits for malicious prosecution, were considered so difficult to prove that they rarely succeeded.
