Sentence examples for supported passage of from inspiring English sources

Not long after, Mr. Byrne supported passage of a constitutional amendment that legalized casino gambling in Atlantic City.

The president supported passage of the Dream Act in 2010, but it was blocked by Republicans in the Senate.

The White House, while insisting Obama does not like the Wall Street component, later confirmed it supported passage of the bill as a whole.

Many influential nuns who work in hospitals and health care had supported passage of the Obama administration's health care overhaul, crossing wires with bishops who were working with Congress to forestall the bill's passage because of their concerns about abortion.

But recently (and with an acknowledgment that he'd been influenced by his daughter's views), he shifted, announcing in May that he supported passage of a same-sex-marriage bill then being debated by the New York Legislature.

Although he disagreed with William's intention to deal harshly with the Social Democrats, he supported passage of the German law against subversion (1894) and the Prussian law against the Socialists (1897).

Mr. Obama supports passage of the Dream Act while Mr. Romney opposes it.

We support passage of the three long-delayed trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.

Shorten replied that the opposition would support passage of the bill "subject to the text of the amendment being agreed".

Both parties support passage of measures to help poor families pay heating bills and members of bankrupt company pension schemes.

But the leadership has stopped short of supporting passage of the law now for fear of creating an explosive rift in Israeli society.