As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a bill to make Kansas a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

The new Congress passed a civil service bill that required ten percent of all federal jobs to be filled through competitive examinations.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

But retiring Senator George Voinovich of Ohio tells the Washington Post that he plans to help push a bill through the Senate next week.

VOA: special.2010.09.10

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell repeated his party's warning about rushing a complicated and expensive health care bill through Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

"We need to pass a bill. It needs to be the best bill we can possibly get through Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Republican lawmakers say Democrats are trying to push through a bill without enough time for proper Congressional scrutiny.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

They want to tell Democratic Senator Mark Udall of Colorado to speed through an energy bill.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

Roger Johnson says the science is convincing. And he doesn't think a climate change bill would hurt farmers nearly as much as climate change will, through droughts,floods and other extreme weather.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Some of the local residents in Searchlight did not like the fact that outsiders had come in to target Senator Reid, who faces a difficult re-election bid this year, in part,because of his work in guiding the divisive health care reform bill through Congress.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28