This is how the method works: Congress considers a bill the president believes is necessary.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

"This is what democracy looks like!" The bill would not affect police or firefighters.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

"It's all the money we've got." "The regular price of a divorce in this Court," said the Justice, "is five dollars." He put the bill into the pocket of his coat as if money meant little to him.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

"That should not be happening in this country, and this bill doesn't stop that, that is my concern.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Senator Dick Durbin is an Illinois Democrat: "There will not be any Guantanamo funding in this bill,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

A Senate vote on the supplemental bill is expected by the end of this week, and differences with a House of Representatives version will be resolved in conference between the two chambers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

So this is a good bill, and it is a smart bill. And if you want to apologize to big oil go right ahead, but the American people are not on your side on this one."

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

"While this bill is not related to the ongoing post-election events in Iran, we would be remiss to not express our solidarity with the protesters persuing electoral freedom in Tehran, consistent with our democratic values,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

A small community of design firms and regulators in North Carolina is currently testing the model, and after this trial period, it will be available free to the public on Bill Hunt's university faculty webpage.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

This bill doesn't take sides. What it says is that it is inappropriate to have a federal rule that says state governments with their own money can't make these decisions or that individual investors can't press their companies to do it,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Here is House minority leader John Boehner. "I know the president is doing the hard sell on this bill, telling Democrat members that his presidency is on the line, but this vote is not about saving a presidency or saving a politician, this is about doing the right thing for the American people."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"They are playing games, they are manipulating the Medicare trust fund, they are sticking it to our seniors, and our kids are going to get a massive bill, a massive bill for this, because this new entitlement that is being funded, will not be able to be sustained,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

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