The legislation crafted by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman, like a similar bill in the Senate, would prohibit non-U.S.companies selling, or enabling the sale or transport of refined petroleum products to Iran, from doing business in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Like the House version,the Senate measure would amend the 1996 Iran Sanctions Act to allow the president to sanction foreign companies involved in enabling the shipment of gasoline and other refined petroleum products to Iran, or helping to maintain its existing refining capacity.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

In many parts of the world we've seen that if governments introduce social protection programs, measures for example which give family benefits to families with children, particularly poorer families, this can have an important impact in enabling people to keep their children in school and out of the work force."

VOA: special.2010.05.17

The new money will bolster the IMF, enabling it to quickly respond to the financing needs of member countries in financial distress.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26