And even some Democrats have been debating whether a reform bill should include a government-run insurance plan, known as a "public option."

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

But despite weeks of negotiations, the three main political parties - the Maoists,the Nepali Congress, and the Communist Party known as UML have failed to reach a consensus on who should head a new government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"When our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared and acted upon as it should have been and this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could cost nearly 300 lives, a systemic failure has occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29