Last week, a Senate panel passed a bill whose first version appeared more than 25 years ago and which has since been reincarnated in various forms, including legislation that failed by one vote in the Senate in 1996.

• 参议院一个小组于上周通过了一个法案，其初稿早在25年前就已拟定，而且以不同形式经立法人员反复讨论过。 1996年，它在参议院仅以一票之差没有通过。