41. The Posse Comitatus Act, passed after the Civil War to rein in the military, bars federal troops from doing police work within U.S. borders. 42. The welfare legislation passed after Republican leaders decided to separate it from a plan to cut the growth of Medicaid health insurance for the poor. 43. They have said the Department of Corrections violated a constitutional clause that guarantees that inmates cannot get harsher sentences because of laws passed after their crimes were committed. 44. Two yams from Grenada, about which I had doubts, passed after inspection. 45. Under legislation passed after three hours of debate. 46. What if every minute that passed after your promised delivery time shaved a percentage off your price? 47. A bomb blew up a section of railroad track in central Sri Lanka, derailing a passenger train that passed moments after the explosion, railroad officials said Sunday. 48. A law was passed after the handover, giving police power to ban activities considered a threat to national security. 49. A conference committee of the Senate and National Assembly agreed to strike the amendment from an amnesty bill for past minor offenders that is traditionally passed after presidential elections. 50. A product of Vietnam, the war powers law was passed after Richard Nixon sent forces into Cambodia. |