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- adjective Not
passed (in various senses).
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In addition to taking up still-unpassed spending bills for defense, water facilities and other arenas that can contribute to jobs, the most critical legislation -- extending middle-class tax cuts but allowing those for the rich to expire -- faces an uncertain future in a lame-duck session, Samuel says, after Democrats refused to touch the issue before the election.
Art Levine: Labor-Backed Oct. 2 Rally Competing With Jon Stewart, Pro-Corporate Senate Art Levine 2010
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BTW, it'll be a while before SMD sees any of the money in the as yet unpassed stimulus package you're accusing Weiler of ignoring.
Is SMD Paying Attention to White House Priorities? - NASA Watch 2009
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In addition to taking up still-unpassed spending bills for defense, water facilities and other arenas that can contribute to jobs, the most critical legislation -- extending middle-class tax cuts but allowing those for the rich to expire -- faces an uncertain future in a lame-duck session, Samuel says, after Democrats refused to touch the issue before the election.
Art Levine: Labor-Backed Oct. 2 Rally Competing With Jon Stewart, Pro-Corporate Senate Art Levine 2010
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In addition to taking up still-unpassed spending bills for defense, water facilities and other arenas that can contribute to jobs, the most critical legislation -- extending middle-class tax cuts but allowing those for the rich to expire -- faces an uncertain future in a lame-duck session, Samuel says, after Democrats refused to touch the issue before the election.
Art Levine: Labor-Backed Oct. 2 Rally Competing With Jon Stewart, Pro-Corporate Senate Art Levine 2010
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She insists the Senate fix their own bill that is not yet law in a process reconciliation designed to make changes to laws — not unpassed bills.
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The jobs package would move as an attachment to the defense appropriations bill, which will also serve as the vehicle for other unpassed legislation.
House likely to add jobs bill to defense spending legislation 2009
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The jobs package would move as an attachment to the defense appropriations bill, which will also serve as the vehicle for other unpassed legislation.
House likely to add jobs bill to defense spending legislation Ben Pershing 2009
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Today one of the most critical issues we face is the present use of the still unpassed Home Grown Terrorism Act. It is already being used.
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The only good thing is that with Kirk's dismal history of getting anything passed, this is likely to sit with the rest of his sad and lonely unpassed legislation.
Congress Finally Protects America by Going On Vacation Ellen Beth Gill 2008
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All the while appropriations bills go unpassed and FISA modernization, energy and other important issues go unaddressed.
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