Murkowski accused the other Democrats of uniting behind the bill to bolster Reid's chances.
Last month, however, the 12 (predominantly female) members of the Diet behind the bill tried again.
Dominic Bradley of the SDLP welcomed the "sound socialist principle" behind the bill, and commented on Mr Wilson's "Live at the Apollo" act.
Gay rights groups are adamantly seeking the provision be inserted into the measure, but Republicans have warned that could splinter the coalition behind the bill and doom its chances for passage.
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One day before, Romney expressed generic support for the governor's efforts -- and did not specifically throw his support behind the Ohio bill.
But with the White House, the food industry and the FDA behind it, the bill could be law before the end of the year.
The constitutional changes have been proposed by the government of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who wants to build a broad multi-ethnic consensus behind the new bill.
While Shays-Meehan is still held in high regard among many Democrats and Republicans, the House leadership has changed its tact this year -- using the First Amendment argument behind the Ney-Wynn bill to woo members of the congressional Black and Hispanic caucuses.
The idea behind the legislation, according to the bill, is to allow shareholders to more appropriately "determine associated risks" with investments in those companies.
And the idea behind this bill is simple: to put more people back to work and put more money into the pockets of those who are working.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott has thrown his support behind the Burns-Leahy bill.
Indeed, making communities more resilient by helping to keep a little more of the wealth from energy generation in local hands is the motivation behind this bill.
Jose Gregori, the federal secretary for human rights, says that the government will put its full political weight behind the gun-control bill, which he hopes will be approved by December.
Jeffrey Bell, a Republican consultant who works with Hispanic groups, says the momentum behind reforming the immigration system will make a bill "unstoppable" if the Senate and House pass bills and then confer to meld the two.
The No Child Left Behind Bill, which was an early symbol of cooperation between Congress and the president, is very much in the balance.
Pearce was the driving force behind SB1070, the controversial anti-immigration bill signed into law last year by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.
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James Jeffords (Vt.) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) threw their support behind the McCain-Feingold reform bill.
The barman had put the ten-dollar bill in a Royal Crown bag behind the counter.
Scottish Labour MSP James Kelly hit back saying the government had not made the case for the bill and there was no consensus behind it "in the parliament or outside".
Despite a number of disgruntled shareholders rearing their ugly heads on Friday and the sudden resignation of Bill Morrow --the mastermind behind the turnaround of Vodafone's former Japanese operations--Sarin claimed he had the strong backing of investors and directors.
Just a few days ago, the hedge fund industry won a behind-the-scenes war to kill a bill that would have plugged a loophole that funnels billions of dollars into the pockets of some of the highest-paid people in America.
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He was once the third wealthiest man in the world behind Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.
Sitting behind the wheel of his pickup, Bill Potter was asked what he thinks of the plant's reopening.
As one of the brains behind a little startup called PayPal, Bill Harris knows more than a bit about the importance of stock options.
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For seven years Warren Buffett, the so-called Oracle of Omaha, ranked just behind his good friend and bridge partner Bill Gates as the world's second-richest man.
The spaceflight bill went virtually unmentioned on the Senate floor, but the behind-the-scenes debate continued up to almost the last minute.
The stated purpose of this bill is to "streamline" the process whereby inventors - the engine behind American entrepreneurialism and economic vitality - can be given patent protection for their products.
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They contend that, by widening the possibility of challenging a patent, the bill threatens to scare off not only basement tinkerers but the venture capitalists who stand behind them.
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