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Lawmakers already were facing a crunch to deal with unpassed defense appropriations bills, as well as reconciling the clashing House and Senate versions of the mammoth 2020 defense authorization bill.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2019

John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight on Sunday revolved around the topic of the unpassed equal rights amendment and its importance to gender discrimination.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2019

With hours to go and many bills left unpassed, including a levy proposal school officials said was key to avoiding a funding crisis, the session seemed sure to lapse into legislative overtime.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2019

All told, Nixon cited 27 proposals, including 19 bills left unpassed by Congress last year, which he said needed to be enacted.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this point of our journey we recall the experience of May 1870, entering a way unpassed heretofore.

From God's Answers A Record of Miss Annie Macpherson's Work at the Home of Industry, Spitalfields, London, and in Canada by Lowe, Clara M. S.