Sentence examples for working toward passage from inspiring English sources

In the Senate, Markey is working toward passage of his key aviation security measures.

While the ad doesn't take a stand on the Senate bill -- instead urging them to merely support "conservative immigration reforms" -- the Chamber as an organization has endorsed the Senate bill and worked toward its passage.

As Congress works toward final passage of the farm bill, it is poised to continue most of the existing farmer subsidy programs, including about $5.2 billion a year in so-called "direct payments" that will be disbursed even as net farm income is projected to hit a historic high in 2008.

"Today Bill Halter held a press conference while Senator Lincoln worked toward Senate passage of an amendment that will hold bailed-out Wall Street institutions and their executives more accountable to American taxpayers by taxing excessive bonuses," said Lincoln campaign spokesperson Katie Laning Niebaum.

From the day I am sworn in, I will work indefatigably toward passage of a Constitutional amendment to provide for limiting time served in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, and I'll actively promote those candidates who agree with the need for such an amendment.

"But if you're raising hundreds of millions to billions of dollars, why would the SEC ignore that when they're auditing the financials of some piddly company that's raising $50 million in an IPO?" In many ways, the startup world has been working toward this moment since 2002, with the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley, a law that established new accounting standards for publicly traded companies.

In many ways, the startup world has been working toward this moment since 2002, with the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley, a law that established new accounting standards for publicly traded companies.

What was he working toward?

"You're working toward something together," he said.

We're actively working toward that goal.

Many people are working toward this goal.