In the language of conveyancing, the term means to move from one person to another; i.e. to be transferred or conveyed from one owner to another. To publish; utter; transfer; circulate; impose fraudulently. This is the meaning of the word when referring to the offense ofpassingcounterfeit...
done, given, etc., in passing; cursory: a passing mention. surpassing, preeminent, or extreme. indicating satisfactory performance in a course, on a paper, in a test, etc.: a passing grade on a test. living or being known as a member of a racial, religious, or ethnic group other tha...
by vote: Congress passed the bill. 17. to obtain the approval or sanction of: The bill passed the Senate. 18. to express; pronounce: to pass judgment. 19. to omit the usual or regular payment of (a dividend). 20. to make a passing shot against (an opponent in tennis). 21. ...
Motive of Congress Suspect after Passing Insider Trading BillsOverwhelming passage of two versions of legislation targetingthose who would convert political...Boselovic, Len
How many votes are needed to pass a law through congress? Majority (51%) How many votes are needed to override a veto? 2/3 of both chambers What proportion of state legislatures must vote to pass an amendment to the Constitution? 3/4 In which house do bills reg...
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS: OFF TO A SLOW START IN FIRST MONTHS, GOP HAS TROUBLE PASSING ITS BILLSChris Black, Globe Staff
THE SO-CALLED BUDGET PROCESS in Congress has become an unmitigated mess. For the second year in a row, almost none of the 13 appropriations bills have been passed along for the President's signature, and there appears little hope that they will be finished anytime soon. Congressional leaders...
This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker who vowed to “never quit,” and then did just that.
Since the House and Senate passed a tax cut bill respectively last month and in early December, Republican lawmakers from both chambers have been working hard to reconcile the differences between the two bills. The final version of the tax cut bill would set the corporate tax rate at 21 perce...
Of course, with the length of the average bill in Congress these days, even that proposed waiting period could grind the legislative process to a standstill. Paul didn’t seem to mind that. “Some of these bills are thousands of pages long,” he said. “Is it too much to ask...