Sentence examples for before passage from inspiring English sources

(The measure was ultimately eliminated before passage).

Obamacare's 2,400 pages were never understood even before passage, push all risk to taxpayers and promise economic disaster.

Before passage of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, the government generally controlled route assignments and the carriers' resulting schedules.

"Mark this day, June 26 , 2009" Mr. Hoyer intoned on the floor just before passage of the climate bill.

Several threats have emerged — some of them scarcely discussed before passage — that together or alone could seriously endanger the new system.

Roosevelt was criticized by New Deal liberals in 1935 for allowing Congress to water down the Social Security bill before passage.

The network was already projecting a $1 million shortfall this year before passage of the state budget, which will squeeze Gardner's bottom line further.

In a statement, Mr. Sampson said Democrats "have real concerns which should be discussed and addressed before passage of this legislation".

The bill just passed by the House provides that an alien who was convicted of an "aggravated felony" before passage of the 1996 act could avoid deportation.

The White House forecast was prepared before passage of the huge housing assistance package that Mr. Bush has promised to sign.

While many of the cases are still pending, it is clear that there was not a full and open debate of the consequences of Nafta before passage.