After the passage of the amendment, Pres.
The cases are being appealed, but passage of the amendment to the Trust Indenture Act would bypass the court proceedings.
She warned that "immediately … all schools will begin teaching homosexuality" if they delayed passage of the amendment.
To win passage of the amendment, Mr. Demirel needs the votes of two-thirds of the 550 members of Parliament.
Mrs. Griffiths pursued passage of the amendment calmly, with the persuasive skills of the trial lawyer she once was.
The passage of the amendment and its subsequent ratification (Feb. 3, 1870) effectively enfranchised African American men, while denying that right to women of all colours.
President Roosevelt had sent the Legislature a special message, urging his home state to support him in his drive to obtain the passage of the amendment.
The passage of the amendment, a rare feat for a Democratic initiative in the Republican-dominated House, would have been impossible without their support.
Passage of the amendment would make it much harder for law enforcement to distinguish between legal and illegal possession of a firearm.
Passage of the amendment to a broader energy bill puts heavy pressure on the Bush administration to move expeditiously on fuel economy standards.
