"WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House on Thursday passed legislation that would freeze major government regulations until the unemployment rate, now at 8.2 percent, drops to 6 percent or below. The latest GOP attempt to rein in Obama administration's rulemaking, like previous anti-regulation bills, is virtually certain to die in the Democratic-controlled Senate."

"The vote was 245-172, with 13 Democrats voting for the GOP bill and two Republicans against it."

Larry Margasak reports for the Associated Press July 26, 2012. [2]