It is still to be ratified after further talks in June.
That arms-reduction measure, also before a lame-duck Congress, was ratified after senators voted down a filibuster.
DETROIT — After facing strong opposition early on, a proposed contract at Ford with the United Automobile Workers union appeared nearly certain to be ratified after receiving a wave of support over the weekend.
Both sides claim to have on their side the constitution's 14th amendment, which was ratified after slavery ended, and grants everyone equal protection under the law.The Supreme Court has long struggled to apply that principle to public education.
Although he did stop buying and selling slaves, his vague hope for "some plan" of abolition was not fulfilled until the 13th Amendment was ratified after the end of the Civil War in 1865.
The parliamentary measure, which was ratified after several hours of a closed-door session in the capital, Ankara, permits cross-border raids, although senior officials insisted that Turkey, a member of NATO, did not want a war with its Arab neighbor.
The 27th Amendment was ratified after a law student from Texas championed the cause.
It was automatically included as the national anthem in 1992, when the new Constitution was ratified after independence from the Soviet Union was achieved.
The fact that the rules that prohibited Mutai's performance from being accepted as a world record were ratified decades ago, long after Boston's course had gained worldwide acceptance for its Heartbreak Hill and other landmarks from suburban Hopkinton to Boylston Street, appeared irrelevant.
Its provisions divide oil into two classes: oil extracted before 2005, the year that the constitution was ratified, and after.
