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United States Congress Explained In the United States, voters choose members of Congress every two years. But what is Congress? 美国的选民每两年选一次国会议员。然而国会是什么呢？ Imagine that the U.S. government is a chair wi

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to some music from Melissa Etheridge /P Answer a question about the White House /P And tell about the results of a recent high school

CNN 2012-06-28

Hey, Im Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the Podcast about over the bungled Fast and Furious opposition sets of a showdown between congress and the White House for Keeping Them Honest. Also they are ridiculous. Lets get started. Good evening, everyone. We

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VOA慢速英语--特朗普有意通过行政命令取消“出生公民权

Trump Considers Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship President Donald Trump says he wants to end to the constitutional right of citizenship for babies born in the United States to non-U.S. citizens. Trump made the comments on the television

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NPR 美国国家电台 2014-09-08

From NPR news in Washington. I am Richard Lehears. The White House says president Obama has decided to delay acting on immigration until after the mid-term elections. As NPR's more alliance report the move takes a controversial executive action off t

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LOS ANGELES Nael Zaino will do anything for his almost 2-year-old son, Aram, whom he has hardly had a chance to meet. When I saw him first time, he was crying and the bad moment was when he refused to come to me. Maybe hes punishing me why I was abse

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush, Congress Locked in Legal Battles

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 July 2007 As he faces renewed pressure from Congress over the war in Iraq, President Bush and majority Democrats are also locked in legal battles involving other issues. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, wh

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Oil Spill in US Gulf: Th

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Attention turned to Washington this week over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On Thursday, the chief executive officer of BP faced hours of intense questioning at a House of Representatives

2007年VOA标准英语-US Congressional Panel Cites White House Offici

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 July 2007 The House Judiciary Committee has voted to recommend to the full House of Representatives that President Bush's chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, and his former legal counsel, Harriet Miers, be cited for contemp

VOA标准英语2010年-Beleaguered BP Boss Relinquishes Gulf

BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington, 16 Jun 2010 (file photo) Beleaguered BP boss Tony Hayward has handed over his Gulf of Mexico

美国国家公共电台 NPR Experts Say White House's Conway Response Raises Major Ethical Questions

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a clearer picture this morning of how President Trump's White House views government ethics rules. In the view of a White House lawyer, ethics rules do not apply to the president's staff. By now, we've heard exceptions to

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After 2 Weeks In Office, Trump Faces More Than 50 Lawsuits

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's Friday, which means it's time for StoryCorps. This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt's executive order that sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War I

2007年VOA标准英语-Former White House Aide Follows Directive Not t

By Dan Robinson Washington 11 July 2007 Sara Taylor testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 11 Jul 2007 The dismissal of federal prosecutors, and President Bush's commuting of the jail sentence of a former Whit

Intel Chief Executive to Join White House Jobs Council

U.S. President Barack Obama is naming one of his business critics to an advisory panel that is trying to find new ways to put the United States ahead of its global competition(竞赛). A White House official says the president will appoint Intel Chie

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-12

1.A 911 tap played in a court room Tuesday reviews gunfire and a raid nearly shot a second inside the Colorado movie theatre last summer, prosecutors linked out the case during a plain trial hearing for James Holmes, charged with killing 12 and wound

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But first: As President Trump nears his 100th day in office, White House correspondent John Yang begins our look at his accomplishments and setbacks, with a focus on the home front. For President Trump, today's tax announcement amounted to a campaign