As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a bill to make Kansas a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

He lost. The Senate approved the bill to make Kansas a state where slavery was legal.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Opponents of the Sherman Anti-Trust Bill said its purpose was not to destroy trusts, but to make the public believe that trusts would be destroyed.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

"We will do what is necessary to pass a health care bill to improve quality,lower cost and make America healthier,"

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"I just want to have some rules in place so that when these guys make dumb decisions, you do not end up having to foot the bill.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

President Obama says the independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has concluded the current Senate Finance Committee bill would make health coverage affordable for millions of Americans who don't have it today.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"Those who come after us will work on our product. They will make it better, they will make it stronger, they will find our shortcomings in this bill,they will add to it, they will subtract from it.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"There were other members that put ideas on the table and so we will drill down further in our opportunity to make sure that we come up with the best bill that brings the Democratic caucus and has the votes to be taken to the floor of the House."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"If senators refuse to debate about a profound crisis affecting every single citizen, the nation must ask 'What do you fear?' ,'And whose voice do you speak and whose interest do you vote?" Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky disagreed, saying the bill will make soaring health care costs go even higher, and place a greater burden on average Americans.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23