The Whigs were angry. Still, they did not have enough votes to pass the bill over the president's veto.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

About twenty thousand ships pass through the Gulf of Aden each year on their way to the Suez Canal.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But he had to give up hope for both houses of Congress to pass bills before their August break.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

In his first one hundred days in office, President Roosevelt worked with Congress to pass a series of measures.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

But they also made it clear that they are willing to act alone, if necessary, to pass a health care bill.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Public protest was so great that both parties in the eighteen eighty-eight elections promised to pass a federal law against trusts.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Once they pass the exams, they can leave high school as early as the end of the second year.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

She would quickly do the work required for a new dead reckoning direction and pass the information to her husband.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

It took a number of years before Congress was able to pass a law demanding a literacy test for immigrants.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Often,he would pass islands with strong enemy forces, cut off their supplies and leave them with no chance to fight.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

"People pass on their gifts of not just animals. They pass on those gifts of training and leadership.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

The granges tried to get Congress to pass laws giving the federal government power to control the railroads.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

They could cross the mountain in one of two places -- the White Pass and the Chilkoot Pass.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

Democratic leaders in Congress say they hope to pass a bill for the president to sign by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.06.19