The year before, the legislation passed the House 348-79.
While some details remain to be worked out, particularly the length of time before the legislation expires, legislative leaders in both parties said they were confident that a final agreement was at hand.
The NHS structures were already collapsing before the legislation had even been passed.
Before the legislation popped up on the agenda, Wisconsinites generally supported collective bargaining.
Before the legislation he helped enact, there were no state protections for automobiles, jewelry, furniture, and other valuable possessions.
(Before the legislation bank deposits were frequently diverted in support of new issues by commercial bankers' investment-banking colleagues).
Even before the legislation is formally introduced next week, prominent civic groups were lining up on either side of it.
There are a raft of other measures that kick in before the legislation is fully implemented in 2015.
An aura of inevitability surrounded the memorial even before the legislation to build it had been signed.
The clause was dropped in the final hours before the legislation was approved because of concerns over legality.
The two aspects of the bill would be joined again before the legislation was sent to the White House.
