But opponents of Mr.Obama's health-care reform effort are just as determined to kill the president's plan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

"We will ask all states to put in place a plan to adopt and certify standards that are college and career-ready in reading and math."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

A huge number of people who say they are going to watch the Super Bowl also plan to re-watch the ads online after the game is over."

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

But South Korean,Japanese,and U.S. officials are skeptical about the North's plan and suspect the so-called satellite launch is in reality a way to test a long-range rocket.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

But now they are coming back to life," Mr.Obama said his $787 billion economic stimulus plan, enacted in February, includes grants that will create tens-of-thousands of jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"What we are going to do is redo his calculations under the make a home affordable plan, of 31 percent of his gross income and see whether that pans out."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Some liberal groups that support the Obama plan are starting to fight back, fearful that reform critics have effectively slowed down the efforts of the White House and congressional Democrats.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

But officials here are making no secret of their unease about his reported plan to pitch his trademark Bedouin tent at the New Jersey residence of Libya's U.N.mission chief during his stay.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Political analyst John Fortier of the American Enterprise Institute believes the critics of the reform effort will continue to batter the Obama plan throughout August when members of Congress are on recess and hosting town-hall meetings.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Both administration officials and Congressional leaders say the terms of the aid plan are not out of the ordinary, and that they hope Senate clarifications to be given to the Pakistani foreign minister will ease the political furor in Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"What we expect to see come out of the summit is a communiqu with an action plan, a specific timeline with very particular benchmarks that are measurable on how to secure and lockdown these vulnerable nuclear materials."

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

What they are hoping to do is to come up with a coordinated plan to ease the recession, get their economies back on track and put in place regulatory measures to try to prevent similar crises in future.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

I am confident that we are right to be in Afghanistan, that we have the strongest possible plan and we have the resources needed to do the job" But only about half the British public agrees with that argument.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13