Sentence examples for passage in both from inspiring English sources

The substantial margin of passage in both houses obscured visceral disagreements over philosophy and ideology.

The legislation appears headed for passage in both houses of Congress, a rare achievement in the hot-button area of gun legislation.

To win passage in both houses, however, advocates agreed to drop a requirement for six paid holidays and six days of paid vacation a year.

As it happens, Mr. Klein and Mr. Golden's bill died; Senator Krueger asked questions long enough to block its passage in both houses.

Murkowski, after explaining the complexities of putting together legislation that could win passage in both houses of Congress, acknowledged that a final vote on the lands package would have to wait.

In its initial online version, the piece contained this passage: "In both the Senate, controlled by Democrats, and the House, under the rule of Republicans, the minority is largely powerless to do anything but protest".

A true diurnal occurrences, or, Proceedings in the Parliament this last weeke : being an exact relation of all the passages in both house... / by a perfect coppie.

In 1993, we began to put our fiscal house in order with the Deficit Reduction Act, which you'll all remember won passages in both houses by just a single vote.

Mr. Lin plays the unaccompanied opening and the more plaintive themes with disarming sweetness but summons ample muscularity, with no sacrifice in tone, for the speedier, showier passages in both movements.

And the album ends with self-righteous dirges, "Gone" ("Why should I be sad/ For what I never had") and "Paradise," which includes tearful spoken-word passages in both English and French.

These are serious pieces, and while some performers have brought a lighter touch to passages in both the Debussy and Elgar, Ehnes and Armstrong make their heavyweight interpretations work.