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

It is the first step toward an effective agreement on climate change,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"We're going to go in and put a cap on it and we'll be able to produce the fluids [the oil and the next step is to make sure that we minimize the oil and pollution going into the Gulf."

VOA: standard.2010.05.31