The bill, which easily passed the House, would abolish an archaic form of mutual funds sold almost exclusively to military personnel.

The bills would abolish the entitlement to such assistance and would give each state a fixed sum of Federal money to help low-income families.

This bill does not abolish home rule.

The bill, which passed 28 to 5, would abolish slant drilling from onshore sites.

The bill would abolish the entitlement to cash assistance for poor people who meet eligibility criteria set by Federal and state laws.

The bill abolishes primary care trusts, half the national arm's length bodies and the strategic health authorities.

The bill would also abolish the 18-month service requirement for the families of Federal judges to receive benefits.

Any other year, it would have been the Republican signing the bill to abolish welfare and the Democrat coming to court black journalists.

One bill in the Legislature would abolish capital punishment; another would make it easier for prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

The tax on large estates, which the bill would gradually abolish, was repeatedly called a "death tax" by Republicans.