Sentence examples for imminent passage from inspiring English sources

Aides to Mr. Reid said that the baseball comments, at a news conference to celebrate the imminent passage of the health care legislation, had not been scripted.

But in his strongest signal yet that imminent passage of the China trade bill was in jeopardy, Mr. Lott told reporters that waiting until September "is not as big a problem as some people fear".

As suffragists and suffragettes celebrated and prepared for its imminent passage, a new schism erupted: should women's political organisations join forces with those established by men?

Here's the puzzle: Does imminent passage of a health care bill, however sorely flawed, mean the president is a failure or a success?

Duffy's change of heart likely owes to the near-imminent passage of SB 397.

But five years on, Syriza's meteoric rise – and imminent electoral victory – also presages the passage of despair.

This transition is imminent".

The passage of legislation normalizing trade relations with China is imminent.

The police encircled the pagoda, blocking public passage and giving observers the impression an armed siege was imminent by donning riot gear.

It would authorize the President to use force, in conformity with the Act, to forestall imminent acts of terrorism and to protect internationally recognized rights of innocent and free passage in the air and on the seas.

So tonight, Mr. Bush took some care to emphasize that passage of the Congressional resolution authorizing force "does not mean that military action is imminent or unavoidable".