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On deadlines, sunset clauses, and what outlasts them.

These expire quotes look at what happens when time limits run out, from tax credits tied to job growth to sections of the Voting Rights Act facing a hard deadline. They ask why lawmakers so often wait until the last minute to act.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Future
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Nov 07, 2020

Tax incentives might spur hiring in the short run, but how lasting are those gains if the jobs expire with the tax credits and they come at the expense of investing in the new technologies of the future?

Quotes by Myron Scholes

Next
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Nov 07, 2020

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.

Quotes by Marty Meehan

Media
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Nov 07, 2020

Unfortunately, too often the media doesn't ask the simple question: Why did elected leaders wait until the 11th hour to address government funding we've known would expire for months, if not years?

Quotes by Mark Meadows

Heart
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.

Quotes by Larry Harvey

Go
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Nov 07, 2020

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.

Quotes by Isaiah Thomas

Gush
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Nov 07, 2020

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.

Quotes by Aneurin Bevan

One quote traces the theme back to a childhood on an Oregon farm, showing how personal history can feel like it's running against a clock too. For related reading, see our credits quotes and what stays alive past a deadline.

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