Congress also made strong rules about what southern states had to do to re-enter the Union.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

We talked last week about employment rules for international students in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The Council also sets rules about what defines a building.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

"Our country's too big, too complicated, too decentralized for Washington, a few of us here, just to write a few rules about remaking seventeen percent of the economy all at once."

VOA: special.2010.02.27

And as governments invest heavily in economic stimulus plans, their deficits are expected to soar to about 7.5 percent of gross domestic product - more than twice the limit allowed under EU rules.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04