President Bush rejected an almost identical measure last year.

The measure, virtually identical to last year's Republican bill, seems assured of passage.

An identical measure would be put before voters again two years later and was passed.

Good thing we're a nation of laws, and the two houses are required to approve identical measures for the president's signature.

This group will resolve the differences in committee and report the identical measure back to both bodies for a vote.

A nearly identical measure was already approved, 57 to 42.

An identical measure would be put before voters three more times until it was approved in 1976.

The House of Representatives approved an identical measure last summer.

A similar, though not identical, measure was approved by the Senate this month as part of a larger anti-crime bill.

Democrats blocked a nearly identical measure by just one vote last October.