But when the farm bill came to the floor last week, some Republicans attacked it for not being tough enough and threatened it with death by a thousand amendments.
In the 1960s, when the land again came under threat, governor Tom McCall passed the Beach Bill, which declared that all land within 16ft of the low tide line belonged to the people.
The house first came to prominence in the early '70s, when a man named Bill Clot transformed his home in the Miami suburbs into an impressive Christmas display, a miniature village populated by mechanical Santas, reindeer, angels, penguins, villagers, elves and holiday lights.
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When this jobs bill came to a vote, Republicans in the Senate got together and they blocked it.
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So when this bill came up for a vote, Republicans in the Senate got together and blocked it.
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When the industry, last September, finally came out against the bill, it was too late and became an easy target for vilification.
We also saw it when Democrats and Republicans in the House came together to pass a bill that will force insurance companies to abide by common-sense rules that prevent price-fixing and other practices that drive up health care costs.
Mr Durkan said he came up against Vernon Coaker in debates and when the bill failed the Labour whip "took it very gracefully".
When my friend, Bill Miller came within an eyelash of buying the club back in May, lots of people wanted to know why he decided not to acquire Rangers.
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And when he came home, he went to school on the GI Bill, because America decided that every returning veteran of World War II should be able to afford it.
And we were reminded of that last week when Democrats and Republicans in the Senate came together to pass a jobs bill that will give small businesses tax credits to hire more workers.
When Madison finally came around to supporting a Bill of Rights, he offered the Ninth and Tenth Amendments as bulwarks against the negative pregnant.
And when my grandfather came back home, he got the opportunity to go to college because of the GI Bill.
The history of the 2001 tax bill is known all too well to the current crop of Republican leaders as they were there when it came into being and, to a man, voted for the legislation that included the sunset provision.
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James Cleary's actions came to light in 2011, after he had left the university, when his former department found a bill could not be paid due to lack of funds.
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