And also the legislators who passed the recent, watered-down federal anti-spam bill.

Parkes then announced that in view of Reid's amendment he proposed to put the federal bill third on the list.

Critics of the federal bill have claimed that it is intended to spread a political agenda to children.

We are trying to bring down our $4 billion annual federal electric bill.

They would also prefer that any federal bill pre-empt the growing thicket of tough state laws.

The federal bill permits a state to define its own proficiency standards, provided the same standard applies to all students in a grade.

This could call for a change in investment strategy and timing state tax payments to minimize the federal bill.

Opponents make that same argument about the federal bill.

In most cases the subject matter is similar to the federal bill of rights.

If passed, the federal bill would preempt the state law.