While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.

In the financial world opposition is apparently increasing against the withdrawal of the proposed bill.

I am sure that more flags were burned as a result of Congress passing that law than had ever been burned before.

The ruling party pushed its tax bill through.

Party leaders are hammering out a proposal for political reform.

The opposition party put forward a bill to reduce income tax.

Lobbyists for the bill funneled bribes into a campaign fund.

The bill passed both Houses.

The bill was passed after a hard fight in the House.

This bill is safe to pass.

The bill will never go through.

We failed to bring him to agree to our plan.

They introduced a bill in Congress.

They are filibustering to prevent the bill from passing.

They argued the new bill for hours.

Even after being approved, difficulties might arise in the actual construction of the line.

Several of them are opposed to the bill.

He put forward a plan for improving the rate of production.

He put forward a plan for improving office efficiency.

He stuck his neck out for that idea, and now he's getting all the blame.