Sentence examples for contributed to passage from inspiring English sources

For example, the attempted assassination of Franklin Roosevelt contributed to passage of the National Firearms Act of 1934, and the Kennedy assassination (along with others) resulted in the Gun Control Act of 1968.

Thank you to all that have contributed to the passage on this important legislation.

His research and advocacy work on acid rain also contributed to the passage of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act.

His leadership contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Her work contributed to the passage of improved child-labour and compulsory school attendance laws in the state.

The resulting public outrage contributed to the passage of legislation that allowed the federal government to regulate the American food supply.

The Panic of 1907 contributed to the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment, in 1913, which granted Congress the right to levy an income tax, and to the establishment of a central banking system, the Federal Reserve.

Concerns about glyphosate on food have been widely debated in the US recently, and contributed to the passage in Vermont last year of the country's first mandatory labelling law for genetically modified food.

Fallout from the recount contributed to the passage of the federal Help America Vote Act, which allocated billions of dollars for states to improve technology, ensure voter access and secure systems against fraud.

The Whitman Massacre directed national attention to the difficulties faced by settlers in the Far West and contributed to early passage of a bill to organize the Oregon Territory (1848).

Concerns about glyphosate on food have been a hot topic of debate in the United States recently, and contributed to the passage in Vermont last year of the country's first mandatory labelling law for foods that are genetically modified.