Statements by other legislators that Dallas is paying for all its water program by local bonds, and that less populous places would benefit most by the pending bill, did not sway Cotten's attack.

" While Disraeli did not argue that the Jews did the Christians a favour by killing Christ, as he had in Tancred and would in Lord George Bentinck, his speech was badly received by his own party, which along with the Anglican establishment was hostile to the bill.

It met with stronger resistance in the Senate — some Senators objected to the change of name ; Ernest Manning, who argued that the rationale for the change was based on a misperception of the name, and George McIlraith, who did not agree with the manner in which the bill had been passed and urged the government to proceed in a more " dignified way "— but finally passed.

He did, however, condemn recent threats from the Military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, to declare martial law and arrest members of the present government if the bill is passed.

In most common law jurisdictions, an indictment was handed up by a grand jury, which returned a " true bill " if it found cause to make the charge, or " no bill " if it did not find cause.

Congress also passed the Force Bill which authorized President Andrew Jackson to use military force if Adams ' compromise bill did not force the belligerent states to capitulate.

As a result the parliament did not pass a single bill from February to May.

Four days after its introduction, the Stationers ' held an emergency meeting to agree to petition the Commons-this was because the bill did not contain any reference to books as property, eliminating their monopoly on copying.

In 2003, supposedly as an April Fool's joke, the Georgia House introduced a bill making it a "... misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature " to sell iced tea in a restaurant that did not also offer sweet iced tea on the menu.

In 1861 Curtis again introduced a bill to establish the railroad, but it did not pass.

The bill, as modified by amendments sponsored by Iowa Senator William B. Allison, did not reverse the 1873 provisions, but required the Treasury to purchase a minimum of $ 2 million of silver bullion per month ; the profit, or seignorage from monetizing the silver was to be used to purchase more silver bullion.

The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on February 14, 2002 with 240 yeas and 189 nays including 6 members who did not vote.

While the amendment did not become law, a version of it appears in the Conference Report as an explanatory text about the legislative history and purposes of the bill.

Indeed, when the Lords voted on the second reading of the bill after a memorable series of debates, many Tory peers did refrain from voting.

When Gladstone retired after the defeat of the second Home Rule Bill in 1894, the Welsh Liberal members chose him to serve on a deputation to William Harcourt to press for specific assurances on Welsh issues ; when those were not provided, they resolved to take independent action if the government did not bring a bill for disestablishment.

Jackson vetoed a bill which would authorize federal funding for a project to construct a road linking Lexington and the Ohio River, the entirety of which would be in the state of Kentucky, because he felt that it did not constitute interstate commerce, as specified in the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

The " Act to Establish the Department of Justice " bill did little to change the Attorney General's responsibilities, and his salary and tenure remained the same.

Despite hurting the economy as a whole, the bill did help America begin to industrialize as no British manufactured goods could be imported and had to be instead produced domestically.

Ironically, Macon did not vote in favor of the finished draft of the bill.

The first part of the bill, the concept and establishment of a national mint, met with no real objection, and sailed through ; it was assumed the second and third part ( the Bank and an excise tax to finance it ) would likewise glide through, and in their own way they did: The House version of the bill, despite some heated objections, easily passed.

The Senate version of the bill did likewise, with considerably fewer, and milder, objections.

Many in the North were also upset with the Walker tariff which reduced the tariff rates ; others were opposed to Polk ’ s veto of a popular river and harbor improvements bill, and still others were upset over the Oregon settlement with Great Britain where it appeared that Polk did not pursue the northern territory with the same vigor he used to acquire Texas.

White House legislative aides were still confident the bill would pass intact.

Conservative Oklahoma state legislators reacted by demanding Hill's resignation from the university, then introducing a bill to prohibit the university from accepting donations from out-of-state residents, and finally attempting to pass legislation to close down the law school.

His goal is to pass each bill for its face value in common transactions.

As a result, Irsay began serious negotiations with Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut in order to move the team before the Maryland legislature could pass the bill and was able to secure loans from Indianapolis on the Hoosier Dome and a training complex.

By the end of April Douglas believed that there were enough votes to pass the bill.

While it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that the bill would pass, the opponents went all out to fight it.

Nancy Tystad Koupal notes an apparent loss of interest in editorializing after Aberdeen failed to pass the bill for women's enfranchisement.

With a Senate minority for the new Menzies government, Menzies introduced legislation in 1951 to ban the Communist Party, hoping that the Senate would reject it and give him a trigger for a double dissolution election, but Labor let the bill pass.

The wartime takeover of all radio systems ended late in 1918, when the US Congress failed to pass a bill which would have extended this monopoly.

Clarke also had issues with the provisions, and the debate went on until the end of the Parliamentary session, with the bill failing to pass.

The Stationers were enthusiastic, urging Parliament to pass the bill, and it received its second reading on 9 February.

If the parliament passes a resolution of no confidence, or refuses to pass an important bill such as the budget, then the government must either resign so that a different government can be appointed or seek a parliamentary dissolution so that new general elections may be held in order to re-confirm or deny the government's mandate.

Russell & Gladstone ( now the senior Liberal in the House of Commons ) attempted to pass a reform bill, which was defeated in the House of Commons because of the refusal of the " Adullamite " Whigs, led by Robert Lowe, to support it.

* William Ewart Gladstone introduces a bill to give Ireland self-government but it fails to pass.

Some aristocrats complained that, in the future, the government could compel them to pass any bill, simply by threatening to swamp the House of Lords with new peerages.

Offended, the Fairy Queen pronounces a magical " sentence " upon the peers: Strephon shall not only become a Member of Parliament, but will have the power to pass any bill he proposes, including throwing the peerage open to competitive examination.

He announced on the Senate floor the next day that he intended to persevere and pass each individual part of the bill.

The bill passed the House of Lords, but was not submitted to the House of Commons as there was little prospect that the Commons would pass it.

Among the powers granted to the Governor-General is the power to dissolve both houses of Parliament under Section 57 of the Constitution, in the event that the House of Representatives twice passes a bill at least three months apart and the Senate will not agree to pass the bill.

" In contrast, 17 Republicans ( 63 percent ) voted " nay " while 10 Senate Republicans ( 37 percent ) sided with the Democrats to pass the bill.

Pete Harrison, a respected journalist, suggested that the Senate pass a bill allowing theater owners to refuse to show films that “ were not in the best interest of our country .” That did not happen, but one of the ways that some senators attempted to retaliate for the damage they felt the film had done to the reputation of their institution was by pushing the passage of the Neely Anti-Block Booking Bill, which eventually led to the breakup of the studio-owned theater chains in the late 1940s.

A bill requesting President George W. Bush to pardon Johnson in 2008, passed the House, but failed to pass in the Senate.