Some educators in Massachusetts say adopting the proposal will hurt their students because the state standards are even higher.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

Many Republicans supported the proposal, even though the Republican Party opposed the spread of slavery into the western territories.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

This week America's top military officer expressed support for the proposal at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

Liberal Democrats support the proposal for a self-supporting government insurance plan to compete with private ones.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

But Congress did not consider the proposal when it began debating a new tariff bill.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

Antismoking groups say the proposal is aimed against flavorings like chocolate,licorice and sugar.

VOA: special.2010.11.17

She announced the proposal to hold a high-level meeting on March thirty-first.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The proposal was almost the same that President Polk had made earlier.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

I knew that I was very close to finishing the proposal.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

The proposal to split them was called the Kansas-Nebraska bill.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The proposal went to the United States Congress for approval.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Congress passed the proposal.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Both sides accepted the proposal.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

No one welcomed the proposal.

VOA: special.2010.07.29