President Obama says small businesses need some help in offering health insurance benefits to employees. He cites a new White House study showing an up to 18% disparity between what small and large businesses have to pay for similar employee plans.

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. President Obama has signed an executive order spelling out limits on federal funding for abortion under the new health care law. NPRs Scott Horsley reports. Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak and other ant

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. What do young Americans think about the presidential candidates and social issues? A new public opinion study shows that the majority of young people support Democrats over Republicans. The young people al

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(六)月

1. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting in Ohio. There, he calls on Congress to enact a new job-creation bill, and he demands that include tax breaks for small businesses hiring and for people who make their homes more energy efficien

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(一月)

Migrant Crisis Shows Effects in Budapest More than 2,000 people have been unable to travel from the main international train station in Budapest, Hungary. Officials stopped allowing migrants to travel to Germany and Austria without a visa from the Eu

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Jurors in the campaign finance trial of former senator John Edwards have reached a partial verdict issuing a unanimous guilt vote on the third count of illegal campaign contributions. The judge has ordered the juror back to deliberations on the other

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Libya's transitional leaders say they'll hold a liberation ceremony tomorrow to start the clock towards elections in eight months. The chief of the transitional council, Mahmoud Jibril, is at the World Economic Forum meeting near the Dead Sea in Jord

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All right, I want to see a show of hands: how many of you have unfriended someone on Facebookbecause they said something offensive about politics or religion, childcare, food? And how many of you know at least one person that you avoid because you ju

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[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] Moderator: Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. President Reagan: Thank you. Thank you

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AS IT IS 2015-12-11 Planned Parenthood Slaying Suspect Says He Is Guilty The man accused of killing three people and injuring nine in a shooting in Colorado last month said in court on Wednesday that he is guilty. Police say 57-year-old Robert Dear a

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Good morning, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta. It's Thursday, July 16th and here's a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Judge Sonia Sotomayor will begin a final round of questioning from senators this

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We wanna talk about what we have been talking about for the last couple of months, it seems it is all coming together today, 19 protestors already have been arrested at the Notre Dame campus, and this comes hours before the president even arrives, t

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The stakes are huge and the passions are high and the hearings are sure to be contentious. Let's take a look at some of the issues that will likely to dominate the proceedings. CNN's Josh Levs joins us now with a preview, Josh. Hey there, Kyra. Look,

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January 22nd, 1973. In one of its most controversial rulings, the US Supreme Court legalizes abortion in a landmark case of Roe versus Wade. Also that same year. For in your time, we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society, and

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January 22nd, 1973. In one of its most controversial rulings, the US Supreme Court legalizes abortion in a landmark case of Roe versus Wade. Also that same year. For in your time, we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society, and

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a pair of unanimous decisions today in two high-profile cases. In one, the court reined in the appointment powers of the president. The justices ruled that President Obama's temporary appointments to

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

JUDY WOODRUFF: As the fight over Neil Gorsuch continued to play out in the U.S. Senate today, I sat down with Democrat Patty Murray, the four-term senator from Washington State, who is one of the majority of Democrats opposed to Gorsuch taking that v

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers reached a last-minute budget agreement late Friday, averting a potential government shutdown. Less than two hours before the deadline, Democrats and Republicans(共和党) agreed, in principle,

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This is the BBC news. Hello, I'm Jonathan Izard. Just hours after saying that women who have a termination should be published if abortion is criminalized in the United States, the Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has changed his position

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Topic 1-The Last Downer: China and the End of Down Syndrome New screenings that can predict if an unborn baby has Down syndrome have sparked wide debate across the world - mostly because their results often lead to parents choosing for abortion. As C

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