House Republicans took a long-overdue step last week: They voted to require members who have been indicted to relinquish leadership posts on committees until their cases are resolved.

These long-overdue steps were extracted from tax-averse lawmakers only under duress.

They must finally take this long-overdue step.

It's a long-overdue step that makes perfect sense.

But let's not underestimate the need for the long-overdue first step of empowering citizens through direct, daily, individual participation in energy reform.

But on balance, the rules give patients enormous power to control the release of their own medical information, a long-overdue step to ensure privacy.

They said it was a long-overdue step to discourage illegal immigration.

We are now on the verge of a new, exciting, and long-overdue step - the creation of a single European market.

It is a long-overdue step.

But the United States would finally be forced to take the long-overdue steps to make itself independent of Middle East oil.