An act of Congress requires a cut-off of most U.S.aid to countries where elected governments are unseated by the military.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

She said the annual reports, mandated by an act of Congress in 2000, are intended to encourage nations to act where necessary with criticism and the threat of possible U.S.sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

He said: "If my men starve in the streets of Washington, the smell of their bodies will force Congress to act."

VOA: special.2010.06.24

In this way, the case could be settled without deciding on the power of Congress to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Wilson wasted no time. He immediately called a special session of Congress to act on Democratic campaign promises to reduce import taxes,or tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

He says Congress can only act intelligently and boldly on the issue of climate change if the American public gives it no other choice.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Congress had banned slavery in those places under the Missouri Compromise Act of Eighteen Twenty.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Congress approved the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on October 3rd.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

And last June,says Sittenfeld, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the first bill out of either chamber of Congress to directly take on the challenge of global warming.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

How that wood is grown and whether it was harvested legally have become crucial questions since 2008, when the U.S.Congress amended a century-old piece of environmental law known as the Lacey Act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Republicans also link potential costs with what they say is the failure so far of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act the $787 billion stimulus plan approved by Congress to speed up economic recovery, an assertion the president and Democrats reject.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21