The Senate approved a compromise version of this House bill.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Ten U.S.states have enacted Iran divestment legislation, and an amendment to the House bill would retroactively expand protection to those actions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Also,like the House bill, nearly all Americans would be required to purchase some form of insurance, while lower-income Americans would receive help from federal government subsidies.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Under the House bill, the prohibition on denying coverage would begin one year earlier in 2013, with similar prohibitions on higher premiums based on pre-existing conditions or gender.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

In a White House bill-signing ceremony Wednesday, the president reaffirmed a goal he set out early this year: to double exports of U.S.goods and services in the next five years.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Some Democrats who voted against the original House bill last December said they will support the president this time, while others who voted for it last year said they may vote "no" on Sunday.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on legislation identical to the House bill, and a separate provision also mirroring House action to encourage financial divestment from Iran by U.S.companies and pension funds.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Negotiations with the House of Representatives to craft a final bill for President Obama will be difficult because of some major differences, notably the House bill's provision for a government-run health insurance option, absent from the Senate measure.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

While the House bill would immediately bar private insurance companies from denying coverage or raising insurance premiums based on age or gender, the Senate would wait until 2014 for this to take effect, except for children who would be covered immediately.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

To help create jobs, he urged the Senate to join the House of Representatives in passing a second economic stimulus bill.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Also this week, the House of Representatives passed a major bill to rewrite financial rules and add consumer protections.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

He signed the bill Tuesday at the White House, before Democratic lawmakers and people with stories of health insurance problems.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

The House of Representatives moved quickly to pass a moderate bill that would reduce many of the tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Saturday night, the House of Representatives passed a bill with an estimated trillion-dollar price over ten years.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Both the House and the Senate must approve a bill in order for it to become law.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

The House committees have approved versions that will need to be worked into a single bill.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

They passed a bill and sent it to the White House for the president's approval.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

The House passed its eight hundred twenty billion dollar version of the bill last week.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Only after both the House and Senate have reached an agreement on a bill can it be presented to the president for his final approval.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

It passed easily. The bill had less support in the House of Representatives.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The bill was passed by close votes in the House and Senate.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

House Minority Leader John Boehner called the financial reform bill "ill-conceived."

VOA: special.2010.07.23

The House of Representatives has passed its own bill already.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

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

The fifteen billion dollar bill now goes to the House.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

The House of Representatives approved the bill Tuesday.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

The House of Representatives,however, rejected the bill.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

"It's not at all clear that if you took the same bill back to the House today that it would pass.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

And we must not be prisoners of the past,". Only eight Republicans in the House voted for the bill.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27