Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi took the rare step of calling House lawmakers back to Washington to vote on the bill and send it to President Obama without delay.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Senator Reid told reporters on Monday that the bill he plans to send to the Senate floor will include a government-run plan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

As the House Appropriations Committee voted to send a State Department and foreign aid funding bill to the full House of Representatives, Democrat Nita Lowey voiced congressional solidarity with demonstrators in Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

What threw the bill into limbo was a motion by Lamar Smith (R-TX) to send the bill back to committee for an amendment.

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If he vetoes it, they should send another bill with a timetable for a withdrawal.

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The general process is that lawyers do legal work and they send a bill.

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