Last week the Senate passed a resolution urging that people who refuse to answer particular questions on the census not be prosecuted, though it was doubtful that anyone would be charged with the crime.
When Morton sent written copies of his speech to each chamber, Democrats refused to accept it and passed a resolution substituting that of Gov. Horatio Seymour, a New York Democrat.
The senate refused Caesar's demand, and in January 49 BC, the senate passed a resolution which declared that if Caesar did not lay down his arms by July of that year, he would be considered an enemy of the republic.
As Mr. Friedman notes later in his column, the United Nations passed a resolution establishing both Jewish and Arab states in Palestine in 1947, a resolution the Arab nations refused to recognize.
Council passed a resolution.
Congress passed a resolution absolving him last fall.
The City Council also passed a resolution condemning the Patriot Act.
The board passed a resolution last October condemning the deterioration.
The Human Rights Council passed a resolution endorsing Sri Lanka's offensive.
In 2012, the UN passed a resolution banning FGM.
