He signed the bill Tuesday at the White House, before Democratic lawmakers and people with stories of health insurance problems.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

The Whigs were angry. Still, they did not have enough votes to pass the bill over the president's veto.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Stephen Douglas united other Democrats and members of the anti-slavery Republican Party to fight against the bill in the Senate.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The bill,known as the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, would have the government buy four-and-one-half-million ounces of silver each month.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The bill seemed to curl up as if it had been rolled and stuck into the end of a gun barrel.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

At the heart of the two thousand three hundred pages in the bill are promises to protect average Americans.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

"Finally,because of this law, the American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Two senators who opposed the bill heard the noise as they walked down the steps of the capitol building.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Douglas said the bill would give people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories the right to decide if slavery would be permitted.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

He was the man most responsible for gaining congressional approval of the bill that opened Kansas to slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

The bill said the president must cancel part of a treaty between the United States and China.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The bill did not clearly say if slavery would be legal,or illegal, in the two new territories.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The bill gave supporters of slavery every chance to control the election of delegates to the convention.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Grameen had money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to bring agricultural information to rural farmers.

VOA: special.2009.10.12