In the U.S. Capitol on Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said, quote, We are going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future. A Republican plan to repeal and replace the law didnt look like it was going to get enough votes in the House to

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年3月

We're starting in the U.S. landmark of Capitol Hill, where congressional Republicans and U.S. President Donald Trump had been working on a new healthcare plan. It would repeal and replace a health care law passed in 2010 by congressional Democrats an

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The grassroots cause known as the Tea Party movement has brought its demands for lower taxes and smaller government to Washington. The Tea Party rally in Washington was the final stop on a nearly three-week national tour. After stops in 48 cities in

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President Barack Obama is promoting recent government action to spur job creation, while Republicans maintain focus on trying to discredit last year's health care reform law. 奥巴马总统正在推动政府最近增加就业机会的行动,而共和

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We're starting in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. The health reform law was considered former President Barack Obama's biggest domestic achieve

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文本: C- Christopher Tietjens V- Valentine Wannop V: An old gentleman used to sit there called Gran'fer Finn. EveryTenterden market day, he sold fleed cakes from a basket to the carts going by. Tenterden market was abolished in 1845, done in by t

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President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe's parliament in a ceremony marked by colonial-era symbols and defiant protest songs by the majority Movement for Democratic Change legislators, which drowned out parts of his speech. Peta Thornycroft reports f

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The grassroots cause known as the Tea Party movement has brought its demands for lower taxes and smaller government to Washington. The Tea Party rally in Washington was the final stop on a nearly three-week national tour. After stops in 48 cities in

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A recent study estimates 66,000 homosexuals currently serve -- about two percent of the total in uniform. In 2002, David Hall was an Air Force sergeant studying to be an officer, pursuing his dream of becoming a military pilot. But once his sexual st

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The assassination of the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province was a shock, coming as it did in the middle of a political crisis for the government. Analysts believe it will have no direct major effect on the central government's precarious stabilit

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The meeting came as the House, where Democrats hold a strong majority, formally adjourned so lawmakers can return to their districts to campaign during the few weeks before the elections. Adjournment of the House, and Senate, left unfinished one of P

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There have been several versions of the Republican repeal and replace bill, but none of them fix the real hole in the Affordable Care Act. That's affordability. In California, the state marketplace, Covered California, is one of th

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A new U.S. Congress has convened in Washington. Republicans now control the House of Representatives, and Democrats have a reduced majority in the Senate, giving the United States a divided legislature. The 112th Congress features scores of new Repub

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The Federal Government will make its third attempt to scrap the carbon tax next week. Clive of, Clive Palmer scuttled the latest attempt yesterday when his Senators voted against the repeal legislation because of a deepening coup he is requested amen

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Leading our news this morning. A massive international relief effort is now underway in the Philippines as typhoon Haiyan bears down on Vietnam. More than 600,000 people have been evacuated from Vietnam's coastal areas and six people in that country

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He carried every Northern state except Missouri and New Jersey. 除了密苏里州和新泽西州,林肯获得了所有北方各个州的选票, He received one hundred and eighty electoral notes. 他获得180张选票; Breckenridge carried eve

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Washington Week: Focus on Economy, Health Care 本周华盛顿关注经济,医疗改革 WASHINGTON After a week-long vacation, U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on proposals to strengthen the still-recovering American economy. The agenda include

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Should gays be allowed to openly serve in the US military? Recent efforts by the Obama Administration to overturn Dont Ask Dont Tell, a 17-year-old policy that prohibits gays from serving openly, have resulted in a controversial debate. Emily Lause |

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LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The Republicans' failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act opened up an opportunity for advocates wanting to expand Medicaid. They see one last chance to get billions of federal dollars for their states and cover hundred

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U.S. President George Bush says he is concerned about rising gasoline prices and the effects of higher energy costs on an already slowing economy. Mr. Bush made the comments in New Orleans, where he has been meeting with Mexican President Felipe Cald

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