Gibbs said the White House is confident that at minimum a vote in the House can happen before the president leaves on his trip.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian student with alleged links to al-Qaida, tried to detonate explosives just before a U.S.jetliner landed in Detroit on a trip from Amsterdam Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

White House officials are sticking to a prediction they say is based on conversations with congressional Democratic leaders, that a vote in the House of Representatives can be achieved before the president's scheduled departure March 18 on a trip to Guam, Indonesia and Australia.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10