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(69) / 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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AS IT IS 2014-01-28 Obama Set To Talk to the Nation ello there, Im June Simms! And this is As It Is, from VOA Learning English. This year will be a busy year for politics in the United States. President Barack Obama will present his main policy goals

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(一)月

总统候选人周末继续竞选 Democratic politicians who have announced their candidacy for the presidential nomination are in Minnesota for the two-day meeting that began early Friday. The party's favorite, former secretary of state Hillary Clin

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十二月)

This is AP News Minute. President Trump arrived at Paris Thursday morning. He's spending Bastille Day in France and is set to meet with French President Macron and US military leaders. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Kuwait and Qatar, as

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(七)月

Veteran U.S. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania stunned the Washington establishment by announcing he is leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat. The move will bring Democrats closer to the 60-vote majority they need to overcome potenti

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(四月)

Senators Rejoin Supreme Court Battle After Recess The partisan tug-of-war over a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy will overshadow Congress when the Senate gets back to work Monday after a two-week recess. The battle simmered last week even as Capitol Hill

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(四月)

奥巴马发起国会魅力攻势 望早日达成预算协议 President Barack Obama is spending more time with Republicans in Congress, hoping the change in tactics will lead them to compromise on the budget, immigration, gun control and other issue

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2013年3月

Congressional leaders have had mixed reactions to President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech. A number of Democratic lawmakers said the president's speech was hopeful and upbeat, while some Republicans accused the president of looking b

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U.S. Republicans have elected the first African-American to head their party's national committee. Top Republicans from around the country chose former Maryland Lieutenant-Governor Michael Steele to be the next chairman of the Republican National Com

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年2月

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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Split Grows Within US Republican Party 美国共和党内部分裂加剧 WASHINGTON Public opinion polls show that Republicans have been damaged in the aftermath of the partial shutdown of the U.S. government. Conservative Tea Party supporters in Con

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

Polls: Republicans Blamed for Government Shutdown 民调认为政府关门归咎于共和党 WASHINGTON Public opinion polls suggest that congressional Republicans will get most of the political blame in the wake of the partial shutdown of the U.S. g

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Tea Party Drives Republican Hardline on Government Funding 茶党等保守势力施压共和党致政府关门 A one-page letter - signed by almost one-fifth of the legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives - was a factor leading to a politica

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

By Jim Malone Washington 19 May 2006 Immigration is the hot topic of debate in Washington these days. But the situation in Iraq is never far from the minds of politicians and policy makers in both maj

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Senator John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate is proving to be very popular with delegates to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Most delegates remain supportive of Pa

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

U.S. President Barack Obama is taking on Republican critics of his economic plan. After vowing to ease the partisan rhetoric in Washington, the president is turning up the heat. 美国总统奥巴马星期二就他的经济计划跟国会参众两院的

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年3月

Republicans face the prospect of significant losses in the House of Representatives during next month U.S. election. Most analysts see Republicans losing at least 20 House seats, but some predictions put potential losses at 30 or more in the 435-seat

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In the aftermath of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, many Democrats believe Barack Obama's convincing victory could set the stage for a political realignment that could benefit the party for years to come. 这次美国总统大选的结果,让许

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年11月

By Jim Malone Washington 23 October 2007 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead public-opinion polls in the battle for the Republican Party's U.S. presidential nomination. But as VOA national correspondent Jim Malone reports, poli

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