It can take many years for Swiss initiatives to pass into law. That works better than in California.

瑞士的公众倡议有时需要多年才能创制成法律，这反而比加州的情形更好。

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The Republican effort to cut spending on NPR, part of the 2011 budget row, is unlikely to pass into law.

削减对npr的拨款是共和党2011年预算的一部分，但是这一预算不大可能获批通过。

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"I can announce that after more than a decade, this bill is set to pass and I will sign it into law," he said.

“我可以宣布，在经历十多年的争论后，这一议案终于通过，我将会签署使之成为法律。”他说。

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"And so I am calling on Congress to pass these reforms and I am going to sign them into law,"

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"And so I am calling on Congress to pass these reforms and I am going to sign them into law.

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They said they were confident it would win sufficient support to pass into law in Northern Ireland this year.

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Even more surprising, the proposed congressional actions are bipartisan in nature and bipartisan work tends to pass into law.

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It can take many years for Swiss initiatives to pass into law.

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