He failed because Republicans in the Senate stopped the bill.
"I wanted to talk on the Internet but the Republicans stopped me" isn't convincing.
Republican and Democrat, senators stop in the chamber to greet him.
Congressional Republicans on the committee, however, stopped short of joining the call for lower rates.
Republicans have also stopped complaining about not being consulted, as they did last spring.
Mr. Clinton's political success got the Republicans to stop crusading against big government.
The Republicans must stop their stalling, let the votes be counted and accept the result.
In return, the Republicans would stop the effort to ban the filibuster for judicial nominees.
Republicans couldn't stop predicting they were on the verge of becoming the new majority party.
Republicans will stop subsidizing socialism in the less developed nations.