Both King and Hooks wanted to effect social change through a combination of moral force and legislation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Parliament enacts through this legislation a mechanism for the state control of the press.

议会通过立法来实施,一个政府控制出版的机制。

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Although Democrats control both houses of the legislature, their Senate majority is not large enough to prevent Republicans from blocking legislation through parliamentary maneuvers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

But her place in history will be secure as the first female speaker, and the one who helped pushed health care legislation through Congress.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

"All I can say is that we are determined to act in the national interest and the national interest means that we are determined to get this legislation through,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

But Republicans say the win by Scott Brown in usually reliably Democratic Massachusetts shows the public vehemently disagrees with the president's policies most notably his drive to get legislation through Congress to overhaul the nation's health care system.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

Three times in recent weeks, Republicans have used parliamentary tactics in the Senate to block the extension of benefits, angering the president at a time when he is trying to move this and other legislation through Congress before the congressional recess.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19