Snowe and Jeffords endorsed the bill when Democrats agreed to accept their compromise language on regulating so-called issue ads.

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They are also working with supporters of the bill on compromise language to regulate issue ads, a compromise supported by Democratic Sen.

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But the compromise language waters down earlier congressional demands that would have required a set of binding benchmarks for progress as a condition for continued funding.

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In a written statement, Obama said he'd prefer stronger language than the compromise, but he said it represented progress.

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According to a summary of the compromise proposal, it includes language that prohibits creation of a national gun registry or misusing information from background checks.

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As part of the compromise to pay for unemployment benefits, Congress included language authorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to hold voluntary incentive spectrum auctions.

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"When everybody is using the same language, you know there's a compromise in the air, " said a top education official.

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U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the United States is pleased with the language in the statement, which was a compromise reached when the five permanent members of the Security Council and Japan could not come to agreement on a resolution with new sanctions.

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