Word: bill
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...said that COCA plans to rally today at Kerry's downtown office to protest the senator's refusal to support a bill that would make U.S. military aid to El Salvador contingent upon human rights investigations...
...proposal sped through the House with strong support from the leaders of both parties and an endorsement from President Bush, passing by a vote of 252 to 174. A slight majority of Republicans voting opposed the bill despite Bush's stance...
Last March, the bill passed once again in the House by a narrow vote of 76--72. After vigorous legislative struggle, the Senate last month passed the bill for the first time by a vote...
...This is a victory not only for human rights but also for spirited debate and internal democracy in the legislature," said Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D--Cambridge), who co--sponsored this year's bill with Rep. Mark Roosevelt (D--Boston...
Opponents of the bill had argued that the MCAD would not be able to handle the influx of new cases that would result from the approval of the legislation...