And over the past four years, nearly every member has passed his or her matriculation exams.

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Over the past three decades Congress not only has never passed any legislation to regulate climate change, but has specifically rejected legislation to give EPA the authority which it now claims.

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But Congress has stepped in and passed laws covering a similar area in the past.

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Boehner and Republicans complain the Senate has refused to take up any proposals they have passed in the past two years.

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"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next, " Mr Lucas said.

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"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next, " said George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm.

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In the past 60 years, excluding Ronaldo and Messi, the 30-goal mark has been passed on eight occasions by seven different players.

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In a series of decisions in the past four years, the Chief Justice has expressed the view that the time has now passed when the Court should allow systemic remedies for racial discrimination.

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However, the demographic changes, along with the growing political recognition of Latino and immigrant voters this past election has led to a breakthrough this year, and hopes are high for immigration reform legislation to be passed in 2013.

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Wall Street has already passed judgment on this, lopping half a trillion dollars in market value from eight giants the past year (Apple, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell, Compaq, Gateway, Intel and AMD).

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