Sentence examples for won passage for from inspiring English sources
Arguing that certain religious practices were challenging secularism — the religious neutrality of the state and public life in France — Mr. Sarkozy also introduced and won passage for a law, which goes into effect next Monday, banning the full-facial veil from public spaces.
Mr. Tung began to retreat on July 7 when he dropped his original goal of winning passage for his security bill on July 9.
Supporters argue that Mrs. Merkel has worked in a typically low-profile, methodical fashion to make the best of a difficult situation, winning passage for unpopular bailouts while wringing greater fiscal responsibility from the most heavily indebted nations.
Hoyer said he has spoken to White House budget director Peter Orszag about using the budget reconciliation process to win passage for the healthcare and climate change bills.
He also won passage of a hoped-for resolution opposing China's approach of imposing air defense zones in Western Pacific waters distant from China's shores.
In 1892 McKenzie won passage of the Lands for Settlement Act that opened up crown land for leasing and, when amended in 1894, compelled owners of large estates to sell portions of their holdings.
The man who began public life advocating for homeless people won passage of a state budget that makes steep cuts to schools, health care and social services.
And he won passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act that for the first time set federal minimum wages and maximum hours.
The Soviet Union's 1957 Sputnik launching badly bruised the American psyche, for example, but Eisenhower subsequently won passage of a new space exploration agency, NASA.
Getting the vote for women?" 4 popped kernels (Scale: 0-4) accurateate portrayal of Lincoln as the politician who won passage of the 13th Amendment.
Why doesn't he receive more credit for winning passage of expanded health care coverage, new financial regulations and an economic stimulus package that many independent economists say helped end the Great Recession?
