However,only thirty-five states approved the amendment by the deadline so it never went into effect.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

But Congress has already missed the deadline for such reforms to take effect in the next election, though it may be extended.

ECONOMIST: Brazilian politics

And that, as many officials acknowledge privately, means that the original Doha deadline of finishing the round by January 2005 is, in effect, defunct.

ECONOMIST: World trade

And the fact is we have been talking about this and answering question, and making clear that the planning was in effect in the lead-up to the potential deadline at the end of last year.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing