The House measure is similar to legislation Congress approved regarding Darfur in Sudan, but would not direct the federal government to publish a list of companies with investments of more than $20 million in the Iranian energy sector -- a provision that drew opposition from some lawmakers.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Democrats in the Senate have lost their sixty-vote supermajority needed to block any effort by Republicans to kill legislation.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

New legislation in Congress proposes to require all states to have what is called a graduated driver licensing system.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

The House and Senate versions will need to be combined into final legislation for President Obama to sign into law.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

President Obama has signed legislation to make the biggest changes in the health care system in forty-five years.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Democrats attached the new hate crimes legislation to a major defense bill that had to be passed.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

In 1864, a United States senator called for legislation to give the Yosemite Valley to the state of California as a public park.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

But the Democrats will need party unity if they try to pass reform legislation on their own.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

President Obama signed legislation Tuesday to provide twenty-six billion dollars to the states for education and healthcare.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Now he told Congress that new legislation was needed to control the power of monopolies and trusts.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised to bring legislation to the full House by the end of July.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

Vice President Joe Biden says he expects health care legislation to be completed by November.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

President Obama has signed legislation to reform the health care system in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.26

He said the legislation contains proposals to expand federal programs unrelated to stimulating the economy.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

Republican Senator John McCain, the party's presidential candidate in two thousand eight, praised him for his ability to reach across party lines to pass important legislation.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

In nineteen eighty-six, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation to honor women in the military.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

He still wants legislation to sign into law by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

They now have enough seats to block legislation in the Senate.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Bankers came by the thousands to win favorable legislation.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

Earlier this month Jean-Francois Cope, parliamentary floor leader of Mr.Sarkozy's ruling UMP party, introduced draft legislation to ban the face-veil.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Some lawmakers are already talking about introducing legislation to cut off federal funds for holding a trial in New York.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

After years of corporate mergers in the financial industry, the president is calling for legislation to prevent the further consolidation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21