Like most laws, No Child Left Behind was not perfect when we enacted it.
And so the tax has never broken up concentrations of wealth the way the legislators who enacted it in 1916 hoped it would.
Look, I think Dodd-Frank was a mistake when they enacted it.
Mr Bancoult's lawyers argue that the protectorate's governor enacted it illegally.
Brown enacted it by dropping to his knees, awash in sweat, unable to dance another step, yet shooing away his cape bearer, the aide who would enrobe him and hustle him offstage.
But pro-lifers say the ban had such a broad exception for the mother's health that it would not have criminalised any abortions at all had it been enacted, which it wasn't.
If enacted, it would give European travelers firmer protections than what U.S. passengers receive.
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If enacted, it will represent a boost to shareholder and corporate governance advocates who have called for greater oversight of management decisions, particularly on a sensitive topic like political contributions.
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If enacted, it would mark a substantial step for the nation's largest public-school district, where the United Federation of Teachers has opposed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's efforts to introduce merit pay.
Mr Obama won the presidency while campaigning on a similar proposal, but did not get it enacted when Congress was under Democratic control, and now faces implacable opposition to the idea from Republicans, who dismiss it, as usual, as class warfare.
The government has withdrawn nearly all of the tax breaks it enacted to boost demand during the recession.
During the blackouts it enacted a cabinet reshuffle, and the power minister was promoted to a more senior post.
In November, it enacted a high 13.3% income tax rate on top earners.
But the judge took issue with the way the plan was enacted, saying it violated "home-rule" provisions of the state Constitution.
In reality, Congress simply codified what some courts had believed to be the law when it enacted Section 107(2) in 1954.
An entire global generation is now raised with this experience and truth, and we are starting to want it enacted in the other areas of society, from commerce to government to family.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has received a deluge of requests to amend short-selling rules it enacted just two years ago as the New York Stock Exchange continues its efforts to enforce existing regulations.
The constitution it enacted in 2010 means that Angola's next president will be chosen not by popular vote, but by the ruling party, which since independence in 1975 has been the MPLA (or Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola).
When the Senate ratified UNCAT in 1994, it enacted a significant reservation: the CID terms were limited to what was already covered under U.S. law by three Bill of Rights provisions: the Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth amendments to the Constitution.
This would be a bad idea because permanent tax breaks are hard to eliminate once enacted, and it is not clear that we can afford more tax giveaways over the long term, especially if the president-elect is serious about other campaign promises to expand access to health care and invest more in infrastructure and green technology.
Then it not only enacted a state income tax but also subsequently raised it to nosebleed levels.
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The President -- nothing can get enacted unless or until it gets through both houses.
It also enacted some necessarily painful reforms that the previous Social Democratic-led coalition had funked.
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It recently enacted legislation that mandates its electoral votes go to the candidate who wins the national popular vote.
From the get-go, polling around repeal of the bill mirrored the attitudes towards the plan before it was enacted.
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More than 14, 000 military members have been discharged because of "don't ask, don't tell" since it was enacted in 1993.
To be sure, the 2005 law enacted by Congress makes it difficult for firearm companies to be sued over the misuse of their products.
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The contemplated tax cut would pay for itself before it took effect, and it would produce a huge budget surplus in the year that it was enacted.
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