Approval switches the focus to the Senate, where Democrats face the difficult task of achieving a 60-seat majority to approve a version there.
VOA: standard.2009.11.08
Sestak will now face Republican candidate Pat Toomey in the November election for this key senate seat.
VOA: standard.2010.05.19
Economic problems and the technocratic appointments required to solve them took a back seat in the face of preserving the delicate political balance among Jordan's various tribes and regions, and among native and Palestinian Jordanians.