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。