President Bush Discusses FISA THE PRESIDENT: Last month House leaders declared that they needed 21 additional days to pass legislation giving our intelligence professionals the tools they need to protect America. That deadline passed last Saturday w

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 美国总统每日发言

Greg Flakus The Iowa caucuses held on Monday produced a big win for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in the race for the Democratic party presidential nomination. Many analysts, however, say the real

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week Congress moved forward on two important issues affecting the national security of our country. Yesterday the House passed a responsible war funding bill that will provide vital resources to our men and women on

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I agree. We need more Republicans to act that way because this is more important than politics. 说得好。我们需要更多的共和党议员用这种思维行事,因为这比政治更重要。 It's about young mothers like Ashley. Today, her ne

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1. Syrias Foreign Minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014, and might seek another term. 2. Until the local fertilizer company in west, Texas, blew up last month and demolishe

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 24 May 2006 In an unusual bipartisan step, Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to return documents seized by federal agents in an unprecedent

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Democratic leaders in Congress say they will use their strengthened majority to pursue bipartisan solutions to U.S. economic problems. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, Democrats spoke to reporters late Tuesday after finalizing party leadership positions

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By Cindy Saine Capitol Hill 22 September 2009 Senators Joseph Lieberman (r) and Susan Collins prior to start of committee's hearing on Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2009, on Capitol Hill, 22 Sep 2009 Two U.S. senator

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President Barack Obama speaks on Wall Street reform at the Oakley Lindsay Center in Quincy, Ill., Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) On the final stop of a trip to promote his initiatives to rural America, President Barack Obama stopp

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With less than three weeks to go before election day, candidates around the country are stepping up their efforts to reach voters. In northern Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., Congressional candidates attended a forum which was organized for

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十)月

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump said today that he is likely to support a bipartisan bill that would change federal law to make it easier for states to legalize marijuana. That's in contrast to the position of his attorney general Jeff Sessions at

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This fall's election comes in several parts. Before the fight to win votes, there is a fight over who is allowed to vote. In Georgia, the Republican candidate for governor also heads the office that has been purging voter rolls.

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By Marissa Melton Washington 03 February 2007 U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, a Democrat from New York, and Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, were the keynote speakers at a conference this week unveiling a number of radical ide

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 02 April 2008 The House of Representatives has approved bipartisan legislation by a vote of 308 to 116 to provide $50 billion over the next five years for U.S. efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS around the world, and f

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President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders on Monday to act quickly to pass a huge stimulus package for the U.S. economy. Mr. Obama met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. 美国当选总统总统奥巴马星期一敦促

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今天我们要学的词是strait-laced。 Strait-laced, 严谨的,古板的。 She played a strait-laced nun in the movie, 她在影片中扮演一个古板的修女。美国政府官员说,总统奥巴马已经基本选定了前华盛顿州华裔

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 12 January 2007 watch Iraq Hearings President Bush's call for more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops in Iraq is facing scrutiny in both houses of Congress, where the Democratic Party is now in control. But as VOA's

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 January 2007 Pledging honesty in government, and a change in direction in Iraq, the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives has vowed to seek common ground with opposition Republicans. VOA's Dan Robinson r

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Amid concerns about the U.S. economy and a potential recession, U.S. lawmakers are discussing a possible economic stimulus package aimed at easing burdens on Americans. Majority Democrats in the House of Representatives say they intend to work with R

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