Lawmakers who will negotiate the differences for the Senate and House will have to ensure that a final bill is below the $900 billion the president set as a maximum figure.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

And as they set off across the wild country of west Texas, their mother and father could hardly hear a thing.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

I was glad to see his two friends, Tom and Joe, coming down the road as the sun began to set.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

And it is not for me to set myself up as the one person able to answer it.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has been working on a set of recommendations known as Basel Three.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army as it fled from coalition forces.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

represented a time of promise. "This could not be happening" was the sentiment expressed as a growing crowd gathered around that black-and-white TV set.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

As such,its powers to set rules for broadband service have never been clearly recognized.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

He said he was sorry for what he saw as political pressure by President Obama to force BP to set up a claims fund for victims.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

It set a record as the fastest human-made object to ever enter the atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

They watched as the Confederate troops set up their cannon.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Still,North Korea, also known as the DPRK, set no date for sitting down to talk about implementing its nuclear disarmament commitments.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Last week, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon set off a storm when he described the group as a "virus."

VOA: standard.2009.08.23