Sentence examples for passed some form from inspiring English sources

Nationally, he said, about half the states have passed some form of three-strikes legislation.

Several of the moderate resolution's co-sponsors have already passed some form of a ban on human cloning.

Since 1980, forty-four states have passed some form of law that allows gun owners to carry concealed weapons outside their homes for personal protection.

Thirty-three states have passed some form of voter-I.D. law, the most severe versions of which demand government-issued cards with photographs and expiration dates.

But the big unanswered question is how the attorney general will approach the states that have passed some form of legalization.

At least 17 states (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) now have passed some form of legislation restricting the sale of ephedrine based products.

"Congress will pass some form of healthcare reform this year, probably something very close to what the President proposed," writes Time's Joe Klein.

But President Obama, in a meeting late Tuesday with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said he remained committed to trying to pass some form of immigration legislation this year, perhaps a bill limited to giving legal status to illegal immigrant students.

He said Congress could pass some form of a replacement to cover anti-terrorism operations, but that he would not sign any bill that further expands executive authority in this area.

Most lawmakers tend to agree with Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia that the Reagan speech was "too little and too late". The movement on Capitol Hill to pass some form of economic sanctions has achieved an unstoppable momentum, legislators say.

While problems with disclosure of insider trading and unplanned material events go unaddressed, SEC commissioners are expected to pass some form of Regulation FD (full disclosure) today.