Gay-rights advocates have been pushing for legislation to correct this for nearly 20 years.
These are two lawmakers who are pushing for "legislation requiring significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions".
But Pentagon officials acknowledged that Mr. Panetta was also pushing for legislation on Capitol Hill.
High school students in California are pushing for legislation to lower the voting age.
Nevertheless, Ms. Merkel is pushing for legislation to allow circumcision to continue, and she is winning praise from Jewish leaders.
Some states are pushing for legislation to sort teachers into categories using unreliable mathematical calculations based on student test scores.
The industry has been pushing for legislation that would protect it from lawsuits over injuries caused by its products.
Some lawyers are pushing for legislation that would add guidelines relating to emergency evacuations into the state's relocation statute.
Germany's Social Democratic Party is pushing for legislation to clamp down on pay, though its partner in government, Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, has so far resisted.
Starting in 2005, state dental boards began adopting polices and pushing for legislation that would make teeth whitening illegal for anyone to perform but dentists or dental hygienists.
Many physicians don't think so, and they are pushing for legislation to restrict who gets to call themselves a doctor, reports New York Times health reporter Gardiner Harris.
