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Industry groups in Washington are lobbying on Capitol Hill to make sure the film does not help passage of a bill limiting carbon-dioxide emissions, which many scientists say contribute to global warming.

The specter of a takeover helped passage of the prison overhaul package.

To help win passage of the debt increase, Democratic leaders put forward budget rules intended to curb the increasing deficit.

"The Brady bill could have saved my husband's life," she said in explaining her efforts to help obtain passage of the legislation.

Her first trip to China had been on a short-term visa; the second time, she found a broker who bribed soldiers to help her passage.

The Colombian government hired the Burson-Marsteller firm last year under a $300,000 one-year contract to help secure passage of a bilateral trade treaty with the United States.

Day supported the bills and at one stage Turnbull gave him the job of coordinating the crossbench's negotiating position to help their passage.

In 1999, they mounted a $10 million advertising campaign, by far their biggest, to help win passage of a major expansion of health programs for the uninsured.

The amendment would block concealed guns from schools, courthouses, federal buildings and buildings prohibiting guns, which Pittman said he included to help gain passage.

On "Fox News Sunday," White House budget director Mick Mulvaney downplayed adding the bracket and said it was an idea that originated in Congress to help ease passage.

Other time, the Speaker of the Missouri House of Representives asked, "Did you bring your kneepads" when she asked for help with passage of a bill.