For two weeks, it had been clear that a resolution was unlikely to pass unless it resolved the status of the eight hundred thousand undocumented Americans brought here as children (the "Dreamers") but the Republican Party kept watching the President to see if a deal was possible, and the President, conscious of his base, kept suggesting he was open to a compromise and then backing away.
Though collectively the world's largest economy, Europe cannot compete in a world dominated by America and China unless it proactively resolves the present crisis and acts as a unified political entity.
Still, you have to imagine this is going to create a pretty big cloud over its Philadelphia operations unless it's resolved.
There is a cold war in the Middle East today between America and Iran, and until and unless it gets resolved, I see Iran using its proxies, its chess pieces — Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and the Shiite militias in Iraq — to stymie America and its allies across the region.
That has not become law, but the Clinton administration says it shows how the engine dispute could spiral into a larger trade war unless it is resolved soon.
Khoja, a member of Syria's Turkmen minority who is politically close to Turkey, warned that his country's crisis would continue to generate massive refugee flows and spread terrorism unless it was resolved.
It has caused a spat between the UK and Germany and, unless it is resolved, it threatens to paralyse the EU's key institutions.
The crisis in Britain's relationship with continental Europe won't be resolved unless it is understood, and that is easier said than done.
Unless it hasn't been resolved by the first Friday in January, of course, which is always an option.
Lastly, never revisit the circumstance that has caused you such deep rooted pain after it has been resolved, unless it is used to empower someone else to move forward from their pain.
