The oddity is that most banks already hold considerably more than the new minimum requirement - but the reason they already pass this threshold is because we continue to live in strange and perilous times, with many Western economies parlously weak and the financial system still stressed.
Instead, the only solution they could pass added complexity to our already complicated, expensive, and convoluted system.
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One big sports shoe chain, Foot Locker, has already taken a pass.
The urge to pass new laws obscures what can already be done within existing law to remove obstacles.
To avoid that, the House needs to pass the bill that the Senate already passed so that 98 percent of the American people will not have their taxes go up.
Expecting the measure to pass, several payday loan outlets have already closed and many more are expected to follow, throwing at least several hundred employees out of work.
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In return, all Hungary has to do is pass a law on fiscal responsibility that is already before parliament.
Biggar crossed the home side's line after two minutes but referee Chris White had already blown up for a forward pass.
Observers say the army was prepared for such an attack and had already brought extra troops to Elephant Pass, the scene of constant skirmishes.
Failure to pass something tonight risked still further damage to the already-weak economy.
"We already have a 90% A-level pass rate, and have had every year for the past three years, " she said.
Senate Democrats, knowing that the bill would pass the panel with or without Republican support, have already started blending the legislation with another health care bill passed this summer by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Because for me, it was a flame that my father passed on to me, through a brother who served in Vietnam, from his service in World War Two, to my twenty-two years and now we pass that flame on to my nephew, who has already done two tours of duty in Afghanistan.
If our elected representatives could look beyond their petty bickering and pass legislation on the portions of the fiscal cliff where they already agree, 2013 could be a very promising year.
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Redknapp's men then believed they were the victims of injustice when Younes Kaboul turned in Hutton's pass as the referee's assistant ruled the ball had already gone out of play - but they did not have to wait long to take the lead.
Like the countries already in the monetary union, Britain will have formally to pass the convergence tests set by the Maastricht treaty of 1992.
Prize money (and indie bragging rights) allotted on the 27 March aside, these finalists all receive another, potentially more significant reward: those who have not already been accepted into the Steam store will get an automatic pass.
While the talk prompted by the overall figures is that a 100% pass rate might be achievable within a few years, the WJEC has almost reached that point already.
Caicedo had already fired narrowly over when he broke the deadlock, picking up Robinho's pass on the edge of the area and brushing off Jackobsen's challenge before slotting past Karim Zaza.
Only about half of the 744, 000 who registered would have been required to pass the new test, however, since lawyers, CPAs and Enrolled Agents (who have already passed a more rigorous IRS test), were exempt from it.
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It's a subtle hint to Congress to hurry up and pass free-trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea, which the Bush administration has already negotiated.
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Even Fox was lukewarm, refusing to pay for the show, until Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth, already a big Pop Idol fan, told her father he'd be a fool to pass up an American version.
Stewart Downing had already sliced his way through Everton's left-hand flank before Ashley Young's pass allowed Luke Young to fire in a dangerous cross from the opposite side, but fortunately for the home side there was no-one on hand to apply the killer touch.
For the Bucs, adding Revis would improve a secondary that already includes cornerback Eric Wright and safeties Mark Barron and recently signed Dashon Goldson but finished last in pass defense last season.
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