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Tonight is the last of three head-to-head debates between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. It's scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m. Eastern at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. You can wa

美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-06

It came down to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night, the Senate had already passed a temporary fix to the fiscal cliff, but the House had to approve that plan and for the president to sign it and to make it law. When the vote

美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-02

We begin tonight with breaking news about your paycheck, your unemployment check, your defense job, the entire economy, you name it, all of it is at stake if the country goes over that fiscal cliff. It's a cliff that lawmakers built, they set the Tue

美国有线新闻 CNN 美国中期选举在即 驴象之战开打

Today, Monday, September 17, is exactly 50 days away from the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. Americans aren't choosing a president this year. These elections are called midterms because they happen in the middle of a president's four-year term. What vo

VOA标准英语2013--US Immigration Reform Faces Uncertain Future

US Immigration Reform Faces Uncertain Future WASHINGTON Supporters of immigration reform in the United States gained a victory last week when the Senate approved a bipartisan bill which tightens border security and sets out a lengthy path for citizen

VOA双语新闻2008年：Economic Stimulus Measure

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to provide $146 billion to help stimulate the ailing U.S. economy. S lightly different legislation is pending in the Senate. 美国国会众议院通过一项法案，决定提供1460亿美元来

美国有线新闻 CNN 美国参议院通过税改法案 圣诞节前有望获得批准

Second story out of Washington broke in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Republicans in Congress took another big step toward a major overhaul of the U.S. tax code. The Senate passed a tax reform bill at 2:00 a.m. Fifty-one Republicans voted for it

VOA标准英语2014--美国参议院投票否决美加输油管道议案

US Senate Votes Down Controversial Oil Pipeline - For Now 美国参议院投票否决美加输油管道议案 WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate has rejected construction of a controversial pipeline to transport Canadian oil to American refineries. The $5 bi

2006年VOA标准英语-US Congress Moves to Curb Lobbyists

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 January 2006 Acting before the start of the second session of the 109th Congress, an increasing number of lawmakers are supporting legislation and proposing rule change

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush, Democrats Headed Toward Confrontation on

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 28 March 2007 Majority Democrats and President Bush still appear headed on a collision course over legislation to fund the war in Iraq. From Capitol Hill, VOA's Dan Robinson reports Democratic leaders in the House and Sen

voa标准英语2008年-Democrats Expected to Gain Seats in US Congress

Americans go to the polls Tuesday to vote for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president. All 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for election, along with will more than one-third of the 100-member Senate. Democrat

2007年VOA标准英语-Democrats to Keep Pressure on Bush Over Iraq Fu

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 02 May 2007 Majority Democrats intend to maintain pressure on President Bush over Iraq in coming months, despite the president's veto of war funding legislation containing a timeline for withdrawing U.S. forces. VOA's Dan

VOA常速英语2013 华盛顿本周聚焦政府关门问题

Washington Week: Focus on Potential Federal Shutdown 华盛顿本周聚焦政府关门问题 WASHINGTON Once again, the U.S. government faces a potential shutdown driven by a politically-divided Congress unable to agree on federal funding. Later this

VOA常速英语2007年-Bush Wants Money for War in Iraq

By Scott Stearns White House 15 December 2007 President Bush says Congress must provide what he says are vital funds for U.S. troops before lawmakers leave for Christmas break. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. In his weekly

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Meets with Congressional Leaders on Iraq

By Scott Stearns White House 08 December 2006 President Bush, right, with, from left, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and outgoing House Speaker Dennis Hastert U.S. President George Bush says he will work with Republicans and Democrats in Congr

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马促国会迅速通过刺激经济案

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

VOA常速英语2008年-Key US Lawmakers Seek to Resolve Standoff Over

By Deborah Tate Washington 15 February 2008 The chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee is to meet with his House counterpart Friday to try to resolve the political standoff over legislation to overhaul wiretapping legislation before curre

VOA标准英语2009年-US Conservatives Wary of Climate Chang

Some Americans feel cost of climate change legislation is greater than benefit Laurel Bowman | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 Some Americans feel cost of climate change legislation is greater than benefit Climate change legislation, passed by the U.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Time Is Running Short For Congress' Sexual Harassment Bill

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For months, Congress has promised to overhaul how it handles allegations of sexual misconduct against its own. But for all the energy around the Me Too movement, nothing has changed on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers say they will pass som

美国国家公共电台 NPR Emergency Declaration For Border Wall Could Tap Military Funds

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We now know the next sentence of the story of President Trump's drive for a border wall. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday the president will sign a border security measure that does not include funding for