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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
enact .
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A parting thought: George W Bush in the very 1st year of his term enacted tax cuts that allowed him to personally save a sum that was basically equivalent to one years after tax earnings of the median US household, in the very 1st year alone.
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A parting thought: George W Bush in the very 1st year of his term enacted tax cuts that allowed him to personally save a sum that was basically equivalent to one years after tax earnings of the median US household, in the very 1st year alone.
Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't 2009
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The fact that he doesn't understand how federal legislation gets introduced, debated and enacted is amazing, but then again, we knew this guy was a neophyte coming in. ez
WH senior aide: Obama considering major speech on health care 2009
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He merely made an analogy that the GOP's dithering on helping get health care reform enacted is the same thing they did when civil rights laws were being proposed.
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Simply put, this revised procurement may indicate that one of the options being now enacted is a complete cessation of US manned spaceflight from late-2012 onwards.
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The key to getting a package of cuts enacted is for the Republicans to unite and vote as a bloc for the cuts.
Matthew Yglesias » What Will the Spending Freeze Amount To? 2010
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The tax, if enacted, is may raise nearly $90 billion.
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So lets see, the sales tax increases in enacted, all the campaign materials that have already been produced saying that Democrats "voted for the largest tax increase in Washington State history" are simply edited to include the sales tax.
Senate Keeps (Smaller) Sales Tax Increase. Says More Cuts Needed. « PubliCola 2010
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Someone would do well to remind Rep. Ryan (R. Wi) that the reason many laws must be enacted is to defend the rights of individuals from others who would take them away. (in this instance the insurance companies)
Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010
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That the healthcare, social security, welfare and bailout spending of the US government will bankrupt this nation within the next 50 years unless dramatic reductions are enacted is not a reason to spend more on defense.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » US vs. Europe: Standard of Living 2010
Kristianto2010 commented on the word enacted
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness. Psalm 111 : 7 ~ 8.
December 31, 2010