31.   When it was resubmitted, the lower house passed it overwhelmingly, though the upper house has not acted yet.

32.   With equal craftiness, both houses have passed budget bills with provisions exposing an ecological treasure, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to unneeded oil exploration.

33.   Wisconsin, where only one house has passed the ban so far, would imprison a doctor for life.

34.   After the outburst, the lower house passed a motion barring Zhirinovsky from speaking for the rest of the day.

35.   Both houses must pass the legislation for it to be enacted.

36.   Both houses of parliament passed the bill with an overwhelming majority, but the marriage and adoption bills were debated for years before a consensus was established.

37.   But on Wednesday the lower house of parliament passed a code that tightly restricts it.

38.   By coincidence, the lower house of parliament passed new gun control measures the day of the shooting.

39.   Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher said negotiations will continue even if the lower house passes the bill.

40.   He asked that the house pass the motion unanimously, a move that would avoid a more embarrassing individual censure vote by each Rajya Sabha member.