Sentence examples for completing passage from inspiring English sources

They said the president and Congress should take up an immigration bill soon after Mr. Obama's inauguration in January, with an eye toward completing passage of legislation by August.

I began to think about retirement last year, as we were completing passage of the financial reform bill.

The result of a successfully completed passage is a single kernel.

Lawmakers discussed the measure for hours on Tuesday night and early Wednesday and completed passage by a vote of 12 to 5 shortly after 1 a.m.

Last month, the Legislature completed passage of a bill over the tobacco industry's objections that would require that cigarettes be made less likely to cause fires.

On Tuesday, the Legislature completed passage of a counterproposal setting a 2.9 percent limit, without changing the Constitution, with loopholes the governor dismissed as "Swiss cheese".

The Legislature yesterday completed passage of a bill banning self-service racks that display cigarettes, and Gov. George E. Pataki's office said he would sign it into law.

The New York State Legislature today completed passage of a bill that seeks to reduce the amount of air pollution that drifts into New York from coal-burning power plants in Midwestern and Southern states.

It's unlikely that the House and Senate will complete passage of the bills on time.

After a second review was completed, passages were removed from 250 of the book's 320 pages.

It could also be a sign that the unfinished portions seemed more expressive than the finished parts -- but then why not keep destroying those dull, completed passages and make the whole thing more expressive?