Some states have also renewed a push to pass legislation echoing the federal requirement.

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In the Senate, Democratic senator Patrick Leahy is leading the push to pass Protect IP.

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Many observers now expect the MPAA and other supporters to push Congress to pass legislation enacting the rule.

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The bill, which would grant a three-month debt limit extension, also includes a measure to push Congress to pass a federal budget by 15 April.

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For nearly two weeks, Libya has been gripped by fear of new armed conflict after militias stormed and surrounded government buildings in Tripoli, blocking access to ministries in an attempt to push parliament to pass a contentious law that would prevent members of Moammar Gadhafi's regime from serving in senior government posts.

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Every tragedy can push people to pass more laws whether or not those laws actually make us any safer.

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But the larger reason for blacks and whites to push pass the events before 1865 is that much has happened since then that challenge black progress.

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Two articles in yesterday's Wall Street Journal are bringing attention to a growing movement in American politics: the push for state governments to pass laws mandating that their pension funds divest from companies doing business in states that sponsor terrorism, notably Iran.

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But lawmakers behind the new push said it is possible to pass a bill this year.

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Nothing would have been simpler for the Army than to pass him over for promotion and push him out the door.

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However, in the current weak economic climate, firms with lots of spare capacity find it hard to pass on costs, so rising labour costs are more likely to squeeze profits than to push up inflation.

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But there are early signs of success, notably in one priority, to push up sharply the proportion of honours graduates, who bring in twice as much provincial funding as a pass student.

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Determined not to let the summit pass without an agreement, Ms. Merkel invited the French president, who objected to the German push for bondholder losses, to Berlin.

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