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Kind. the most substantive legislation, in some counts the only substantive legislation that's been passed, is sanctions legislation. it passed by a veto proof margin. the president didn't have a choice to veto it because of the overwhelming number of votes the bill got. but it was sanctions legislation to punish russia for having muddled in the presidential election last year. it imposed new sanctions on russia for that. that's not just something the government said it wanted to do. that's something the president didn't just say he wanted to do. he signed a law that said he was required to do...

Only substantive legislation that has been passed is sanctions legislation, which passed by a veto-proof margin, even though the president didn't favor the bill. he didn't have a choice, basically, to veto it, because the overwhelming number of votes that the bill got. but it was sanctions legislation to punish russia for having muddled in our presidential election last year. it imposed new sanctions on russia for that. and that's not just something the government said it wanted to do, that's something the president didn't just say he wanted to do, he signed a law that said that he was require...

Sanctions legislation, which passed by a veto-proof margin, even though the president didn't favor the bill. he didn't have a choice, basically, to veto it, because the overwhelming number of votes that the bill got. but it was sanctions legislation to punish russia for having muddled in our presidential election last year. it imposed new sanctions on russia for that. and that's not just something the government said it wanted to do, that's something the president didn't just say he wanted to do, he signed a law that said that he was required to do it. but the deadline for starting those new s...

Headline about o.j. simpson. his name part of a new list of convicts who will have a chance to parole in july. could he go free before the end of the year? here's abc senior national correspondent matt gutman tonight. >> reporter: o.j. simpson could soon become the world's most famous parolee. the nevada parole board announcing today that simpson will have a hearing in july and could be eligible for release in october. he was convicted by a las vegas jury in 2008 on robbery and kidnapping charges, sentenced to 13 years. in 1995, simpson was famously acquitted of murdering nicole brown simpson ...