Sentence examples for vote has passed from inspiring English sources

The Senate, in a bipartisan vote, has passed a surface transportation bill that would keep money flowing for two years.

UPDATE: The vote has passed by 523 to 85, with three abstentions.WHAT is at stake in today's vote in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house, on the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a bail-out mechanism for the euro?

Petitions for review frequently gather dust on bureau shelves for years until the possibility of an unfavorable commission vote has passed or the issue is mooted by changed circumstances.

But now that the vote has passed, it's not likely to be reversed.

If that vote had passed, a separate vote on articles 11 and 13 would have been allowed, in which MEPs could potentially have voted to remove the controversial clauses from the final directive.

The Crowdfund Act, a bill to reduce restrictions on regular people investing in privately held companies, passed through the United States Senate today with flying colors in a 73-26 vote, having passed through the House of Representatives this past fall.

When voting began, a sea of hands holding green cards indicating a "yes" vote told the world that the vote had passed overwhelmingly.

The time for tactical voting has passed: it is time to vote positively for a fairer, grown-up form of politics.

There are 430 polling stations around Bulawayo and voting has passed without reports of serious incidents; I spoke to one regional Sadc observer at Makhokhoba township, who said he was impressed with the manner that Zimbabweans had conducted themselves at the polls.

Another week of early voting has passed.

Another week of early voting has passed and at least 429,337 people have voted in the 2016 election.