标签:VOA标准英语House 相关文章
By Dan Robinson Washington 07 January 2006 The former Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives, Tom DeLay, has announced he is stepping aside, paving the way for a new leadership ele
By Dan Robinson Washington 27 September 2006 The House of Representatives Wednesday approved legislation establishing new guidelines for the handling of terrorist suspects in U.S. custody. The 253 to 168 vote was preceded by emotional debate. ---- E
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
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 March 2007 In a direct challenge to President Bush, the House of Representatives has, on a roughly party line vote of 218 to 212, called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq no later than the end of August 2008.
By Paula Wolfson White House 27 June 2006 The White House says it is still waiting for a definitive response from Iran to a package of incentives designed to convince Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment. Officials say the latest comments from Iran'
The U.S. housing sector remains weak, two years into an unprecedented decline. House prices, house sales, and house construction are all continuing to fall. Houses for sale in Denver, Colorado Home prices in the United States have fallen over eight
US House Speaker Boehner Reelected Despite Dissent There were some tense moments during the long voice vote for the new speaker of the Republican-controlled House, where there were only two names on the ballot -- Boehner, and Democratic former House
White House: June Jobs Numbers 'Disappointing' With the United States' unemployment rate at its highest level this year, President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to pass a series of his administration's proposals to improve the economy. Opposit
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 28 October 2009 A key congressional committee has approved legislation to expand sanctions against Iran because of its nuclear ambitions. The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act is aimed at placing additional pressure o
Burma Bakehouse Helps Disadvantaged Women Thirty-nine-year-old Ma Moe Nge is learning to bake and said that when her nine-month apprenticeship is over she wants to start her own bakery. Before, I only saw this kind of food, but I didnt know how to ma
By Dan Robinson Washington 02 February 2006 After weeks of intense campaigning and behind-the-scenes maneuvering, Republicans in the House of Representatives have chosen a new leader, replacing Congre
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 April 2006 The House of Representatives has approved (416 to 3) legislation that would place sanctions on Sudanese government and military officials considered responsi
By Deborah Tate Washington 15 May 2007 The White House says President Bush still has confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, despite controversy over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors and of the reauthorization of a clandesti
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 16 November 2006 Democrats in the U.S. Congress have completed the process of choosing leaders to guide them when they return as the majority in the new congress in January. A senior Democrat who emerged over the last ye
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 October 2006 The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives has pledged to fire anyone on his staff who may have tried to cover up improper Internet contacts between a former Republican congressman, Mark Foley
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 02 April 2007 U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are visiting Lebanon amid intensive diplomatic activity and attempts to resume Arab-Israeli peace talks. Edward Yeranian re
By Dan Robinson Washington 10 February 2007 The debate in the U.S. Congress on Iraq shifts to the House of Representatives next week, as lawmakers consider a non-binding Democratic-backed resolution opposing President Bush's military surge plan. VOA
By Dan Robinson Washington 09 June 2006 Tom DeLay A formerly powerful Republican lawmaker who became mired in the scandal involving links between members of Congress and a well-known Washington lobbyist, has left Congress. Former Majority Leader Tom
For 17 months, until he left the job in September 2007, Tony Snow was the White House press secretary, the voice of the Bush administration. Now, he is being remembered and mourned by the president he served, and the reporters who sparred with him i
The White House vigorously denied on Monday any plans to raise taxes on middle-income Americans to pay for health care reform or combat the massive federal budget deficit. The denials come one day after two top members of President Barack Obama's ec