It took a number of years before Congress was able to pass a law demanding a literacy test for immigrants.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

A typical problem that you may have done in your first pass at Newton's law, someone tells you a force of 36 Newtons is acting on a mass of whatever, 4 kilograms; what's the acceleration?

在你们第一次接触牛顿定律时,可能见过这么一道典型题目,告诉你,一个 36 牛的力,作用在一个物体上,4 千克吧,问加速度是多少

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Justice Taney said Congress did not have the constitutional power to pass such a law.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

President Obama calls the Arizona law "misguided" and said Congress needs to pass immigration reform.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts urged Congress to pass such a law.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

But the matter is far from settled. President Sarkozy wants parliament to pass a nonbinding resolution, rather than a law.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

"And so I am calling on Congress to pass these reforms and I am going to sign them into law,"

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"And so I am calling on Congress to pass these reforms and I am going to sign them into law.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

But before any bill can become law, the Senate must pass its version, the House and Senate bills must be reconciled and that final measure must be signed by the President.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25