What followed over the next two years was one of the fiercest legislative fights in this century.
He lost that legislative fight but suffered little in public esteem as a man looking for fresh ways to engage the future.
As a tax exempt organization it will seek to harness the energy of the president's re-election campaign for future legislative fights.
The story behind one of their biggest legislative fights.
But in Maryland, the legislative fight is expected to be waged across urban-rural lines, with members of both parties on each side.
Whatever the outcome of the legislative fight, it is certain to fill many Congressional coffers.
But while those legislative and legal fights have attracted more attention, schools across the country are increasingly wrestling with similar kinds of sweeping issues.
In some cases, he may well have to settle for winning (in public opinion) by losing (the legislative fight).
They are believed to be the first gun controls promulgated through consumer protection, thereby avoiding a legislative fight.
Ahead lie legislative fights in which he and labor have much to gain.