The passage of the AIA drove down the number of defendants named in patent suits, but also drove up the number of suits filed by trolls.

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Lookouts for La Familia had been noting our passage, calling in our license-plate number, for the past twenty miles, according to my companions, a regional official named Veronica Medina, as I will call her, and Isaac Reyes, a journalist for an online agency.

NEWYORKER: Silver or Lead

There are also political parallels to the debate over same-sex marriage, the passage of which in 2011 depended on a small number of Senate Republican votes joining with a much larger number of Democrats.

WSJ: Medical-Pot Debate Rises in Albany

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled the measure from the floor Thursday night because it fell 15 votes short of the number needed to move it on to final passage.

NPR: Bush, GOP Senators Talk Immigration on Capitol Hill

To the best of our knowledge, no one has ever tabulated the sheer number of federal regulations that have been adopted since passage of the Administrative Procedure Act, or since some earlier historical benchmark.

WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of John D. Graham

White House officials and their allies on Capitol Hill, including key Republican lawmakers, are increasingly optimistic the measure will pass Congress, but an administration official said the White House would not let its guard down because the number of lawmakers publicly committed to the measure was still shy of the votes necessary for passage.

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