This Congress did it all in one bill, and also enacted other big measures, such as an expansion of children's health insurance and a broad land-conservation law.

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The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

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"There is a broad consensus on the land bill, " Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj said after an all-party meeting called by the government to discuss the bill's provisions.

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Broad ownership of stocks and land is the core of a strong, politically and civically engaged middle class.

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Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, has signalled a broad opposition to development on protected land, as have many Conservative MPs and pressure groups such as the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

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The American Planning Association's Hawaii chapter gripes that the state's land-use commission spends too much time on individual projects rather than setting broad plans.

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The Obama administration will then release a broad range of proposals as the first bombardment in a political battle to make them the law of the land.

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