Some business groups complain that the proposed tax changes will impose new costs on U.S.firms and make them less competitive in the global marketplace.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

(...) Yigal Palmor. "This diktat is phrased in very extreme terms that try to impose rules that will make it impossible for any country to defend themselves against terror,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

After the G20, President Obama returns to Washington, where he will be waiting for Congress to give final approval to legislation that will impose sweeping new regulations on the U.S.financial system.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"Rather than have Brazil retaliate against us, the U.S.has found a way to bribe Brazil,if you will, to not impose that retaliation in exchange for various things the U.S.says it will do."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

One week after U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Congress that the Obama administration will work with lawmakers to impose "crippling" sanctions against Iran, Senate lawmakers introduced legislation designed to help accomplish just that.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Ileana Ros Lehtinen is the ranking committee Republican "It should be clear that unless we impose the maximum pressure on Iran, and this bill is a major step forward in that direction, the regime will continue its march toward acquiring nuclear weapons, dominating the Persian Gulf, and expanding its network of radical militants around the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.28