Things are bad for Democrats. All signs are pointing to huge Republican gains across the board, from coast to coast, at all levels of government. The poll shows that Republicans are leading on just about every measurement, from handling the economy t

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)

CNN News from here Atlanta, Georgia straight to your classrooms, Im Carl Azuz, this is CNN Student News. Today were starting something called a payroll tax. Heres the deal on the payroll tax from A to Z. Americans have been getting a break on their f

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Time to stop play-acting and spit out the tea 是时候停止演戏,摒弃茶党思维了 The Republicans are not being serious about the deficit 共和党人没有认真对待赤字问题 THIRTY billion dollars is a lot of money for anyone except

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So Ron Paul supports Michael Steele's comments about the Afghan war. Well, there's one, because many Republicans are ripping him apart and wishing the party head would think before he jams his foot in the party's mouth. In case you missed it, here's

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White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says the US economy is fundamentally weak, but he says the stimulus plan enacted by Congress should be given time to kick in fully before any further stimulus measures are considered. You are starting to see

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President-elect Barack Obama visited President Bush at the White House on Monday The most commonly heard advice for Barack Obama when he becomes president in January is to govern from the center. In Washin

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: How a Dispute Helped Lead to Party System Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton disagreed about how the U.S. should be led. At times, their attacks in newspapers were personal. Transcript of radio

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Asian-American Voters Abandon Republicans 亚裔选民抛弃共和党人 Anh Joseph Cao felt uneasy when his Republican colleagues made comments about immigrants. Cao was a Republican congressman from 2009 to 2011 in a Democratic district of Louisian

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THE Republican majority in the House of Representatives called its budget proposal The path to prosperity: A blueprint for American renewal. Whether it would live up to that billing we will never know, as Democratic opposition in the Senate will prev

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Redistricting rows 重新划分选区之争 Not so easy 并不容易 Republican hopes of snagging extra seats following last years census look doomed to disappointment 共和党人想要通过去年的人口普查数据再获得一些新席位,不大可

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Joining us now to analyze this Congress, how it performed, and the emerging political risks are two familiar faces to us at the NewsHour. Todd Zwillich is the Washington correspondent for The Takeaway of Public Radio International and

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WASHINGTON, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Five months ahead of the U.S. presidential election, U.S. partisan bases have been shrinking and going more polarized, with more Americans identifying themselves as political independents in the past 25 years, according

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奥巴马敦促加快移民改革立法 WASHINGTON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised Democratic effort and urged Republicans in Congress to speed up legislation on a comprehensive immigration reform that would pro

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama visited a familys home near Washington on Thursday as part of his campaign to persuade Congress to pass his economic plan. Obama paid a visit to Tiffany and Richard Santana, who responded to his call asking American

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary was blocked Thursday in the Senate, after a vote failed to garner the 60 votes needed to end debate on the matter. The vote was 50 to 40, fa

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Obama, Congress Face Budget Showdown WASHINGTON Newly re-elected President Barack Obama appears to be headed toward another clash over taxes and government spending with the House of Representatives, where Republicans held on to their majority after

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U.S. lawmakers say time is running out for a congressional super committee to identify $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction during the next 10 years. Partisan disagreements remain on how best to improve Americas fiscal health, despite a softening of ri

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Obama Urges Extension of Middle Class Tax Cuts

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Obama: Congress Should Help Responsible Homeowners U.S. President Barack Obama and Republicans both focused on the economy in Saturday's weekly addresses. The president urged Congress to pass legislation that would help responsible homeowners refinan

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SINCE the 2010 mid-term elections, tea party Republicans have enjoyed influence out of proportion to their numbers. They forced Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to accept spending cuts without any tax increases to keep the government from shu

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