21.   Until now, House Republicans have had a history of opposing and trying to weaken laws meant to enforce those very concepts.

22.   Until now, the GOP has had a history of opposing and trying to weaken such laws.

23.   Advocate for the disabled fear the fight could result in weakening the law once lawmakers begin reviewing it.

24.   Advocate for the disabled fear the fight could result in weakening the law once lawmakers begin revisiting it.

25.   In recent years, he has stood watch against efforts by some Republicans to attach provisions to spending bills that would weaken environmental laws.

26.   Kivrikoglu also opposed amendments that would weaken pro-secular laws.

27.   The one exception is that it permits a separate vote on any provision in a trade agreement that weakens existing laws on antidumping and subsidies.

28.   The Senate measure, though, would give Congress a chance to write changes into any pact that would weaken American law designed to protect workers hurt by imports.

29.   The television report made no mention, however, of the recent controversy in Hong Kong over plans to weaken civil liberties laws in the colony.