After the stay had expired, Congress still failed to act.

But he failed to act quickly enough, and so Michael is gone.

Now, so far the president and the other body have both failed to act.

If the board fails to act, he can proceed on his own.

There was no way she could do that if I failed to act in concert.

The local and state government failed to act in a test of federal treaties.

That one can know what is the proper action, but still fail to act.

If Congress failed to act, the cuts would be deeper.

But we should have been asking them, and if others fail to act, it is our responsibility to do so.

And every year we fail to act, the situation gets worse.