This bill would encourage them to think in the long term.

If passed, the bill could encourage further efforts to dismantle the refuge system.

The bill would encourage greater use of private health plans in Medicare.

The Democratic bill would encourage students to choose among various public schools.

The bill would encourage states to set standards in nine basic subjects.

The bill might have encouraged more people to recycle but it did nothing to reduce waste or save much in the way of natural resources.

This bill encouraged students to go to college and study math and science.

An early private member's bill encouraged the government to relax divorce laws.

You also say the bill would encourage corporations to "hide secrets."

The bills encourage towns to cut taxes by sharing services.