21.   By July, both houses had passed a bill that Featherstonhaugh says included some language that he had drafted.

22.   By the time the Brumleys obtained the property, the house had passed through several families.

23.   Congress, however, was allowed to try to reinstate the items by having both houses pass them in separate bills.

24.   First, Silver called for legislation that would require both houses to pass their own proposed budgets in March and then appoint a conference committee to work out differences.

25.   Instead, they said, both houses will probably pass spending bills to restore some programs.

26.   Last week both houses overwhelmingly passed the increase, tying it to other legislation.

27.   Once home, Americans face the hurdle that new houses will not pass inspections if they are outfitted with old-style big flushers.

28.   The assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, whose house had passed the expansion in the past, declined to pass the Senate bill, frustrating some fellow Democrats.

29.   The house passes legislation aimed at cracking down on methamphetamine.

30.   The revival house has passed the torch to the VCR and the laserdisc.