The bill passed today after the Hispanic members accepted defeat and dropped their insistence on retaining the current welfare policy for immigrants.

Syria has dropped its insistence of equal pullbacks, calling instead for balanced arrangements.

Federal officials dropped their insistence that illegal immigrants document the citizenship of the newborns.

Yesterday China dropped its insistence on making an exception for so-called "peaceful nuclear explosions."

Executives are often out of town on recruitment trips, and businesses have dropped their earlier insistence that applicants speak English.

The contras finally dropped their insistence that topics be decided in advance.

That means dropping its insistence on a ban.

Drop your insistence on having the first debate on foreign and defense affairs, the next on domestic matters.

But earlier this month the man's family agreed to accept blood money in exchange for dropping their insistence on her execution.

It drops central bankers' insistence on centrally-set rules for members' budget deficits.