Pressure grew on the Legislature to enact a provision of the Nevada Constitution that would allow them to remove Mr. Brooks with a two-thirds vote.
While Congress balked at so expensive a proposal, it did enact a provision this year increasing educational benefits by a minimum of 21percentto to $650 a month.
After 9/11, Congress enacted a provision of the USA Patriot Act that allowed the detention of people suspected of terrorism — but it applied only to noncitizens and then only for seven days.
"This is an important step towards enacting a key provision of the President's American Jobs Act and a significant victory for the American people and the economy, because as independent analysts have said, failing to extend this tax cut would have had a damaging effect on our recovery and job growth".
Prompted by a gadfly shareholder, Allergan's board had recently stripped away most of the company's anti-takeover defenses, eliminating a staggered board and enacting an unusual provision allowing investors holding a quarter of outstanding shares to call a special meeting.
When I chaired Bill Clinton's council of economic advisers, when he was president, anti-environmentalists tried to enact a similar provision, called "regulatory takings".
On Monday, the federal government enacted a special provision of the National Disaster Medical System that allows hospitals across the country to be reimbursed for the cost of treating life-threatening injuries and illnesses for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Over the past three decades, Canada enacted a constitutional provision banning sex discrimination in 1983; lifted a ban on gays in the military in 1992; became one of the few countries with no legal restrictions on abortion in 1988; and legalized same-sex marriage in 2005.
On March 14 , 2014 South Dakota became the 50th state to enact a felony provision for animal cruelty.
When I chaired President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers, anti-environmentalists tried to enact a similar provision, called "regulatory takings".
