Sentence examples for passed without debate from inspiring English sources

Most of this legislation passed without debate in the House, and with only the briefest consideration in the Senate.

The bill passed without debate, with only three Senators sitting in a chamber emptied by the Thanksgiving holiday.

The draft resolution, moved by the former foreign minister Bob Carr, was passed without debate at the NSW Labor conference in Sydney Town Hall on Saturday.

The measure was offered by the Senate's Democratic leaders and was passed without debate after Republicans agreed not to oppose it.

The Senate also passed without debate today a bill that requires the manufacturers of medical devices to pay tens of thousands of dollars in new user fees in return for speedier government review of their products.

Henry Porter wrote a powerful piece on Comment is free last week about the extraordinary growth in the government use's of statutory instruments – legislation that is passed without debate or scrutiny by the House of Commons – which has added hugely to executive power.

The bill is supposed to pass without debate, so no one will notice.

It is a place where 95percentt of the laws are passed without any debate.

Any amendment lacking the support of 60 senators can be filibustered, although uncontroversial ones can be passed without extended debate by unanimous consent.

Legislators say this sounds like a great idea and write a bill, and such bills have gotten passed without significant debate because it just seems like an obvious thing.

The change to the law on candidates' election spending, passed without parliamentary debate, was made despite a direct warning by the commission against such "excessive spending to prevent the perception of undue influence over the outcome of the election".