The bill seemed to curl up as if it had been rolled and stuck into the end of a gun barrel.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Buchanan's chief opponent on the statehood bill was a member of his own Democratic Party, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

She handed the girl a five dollar bill and waited for her change and the wrapped box with the stockings.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

There was a huge battle, but Bill took control of the big cat and put his saddle on it.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The Whigs were angry. Still, they did not have enough votes to pass the bill over the president's veto.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Stephen Douglas united other Democrats and members of the anti-slavery Republican Party to fight against the bill in the Senate.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

That bill would not create an independent consumer agency, but instead a new office at the Federal Reserve, the central bank.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

At the heart of the two thousand three hundred pages in the bill are promises to protect average Americans.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

"Finally,because of this law, the American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Two senators who opposed the bill heard the noise as they walked down the steps of the capitol building.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The Californian band the Byrds was among the groups Bill Graham presented at the new space he called Fillmore West.

VOA: special.2010.12.03

Another writer, James Cloyd Bowman, wrote an award-winning children's book called "Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time."

VOA: special.2009.11.28

But they also made it clear that they are willing to act alone, if necessary, to pass a health care bill.

VOA: special.2010.02.27