RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The smash Broadway hit Hamilton has made it into the annals of history with a place in the Library of Congress. By popular demand, a digitized version of the library's collection of Alexander Hamilton's papers, both personal and

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

By Greg Flakus Mexico City 30 November 2006 In Mexico, a standoff between rival parties continues in the lower house of the congress, which is to be the site of the presidential inauguration on Friday. Some Latin American leaders have canceled trips

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Economics Report - US Postal Service Wants Congress to Make Changes to Its Business Model This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This month, the United States Postal Service reported a loss of over five billion dollars from April to June.

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By Greg Flakus Houston 11 April 2008 This has been a turbulent week in Mexico, where leftist militants continue to hold both houses of Congress in protest of an energy reform bill sent to the legislative body by President Felipe Calderon. As VOA's Gr

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 January 2006 Acting before the start of the second session of the 109th Congress, an increasing number of lawmakers are supporting legislation and proposing rule change

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By Scott Stearns White House 03 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush says he is ready to work with leaders of the opposition Democratic Party who take charge of both houses of Congress on Thursday. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has

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By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Energy report President Bush is looking for new ways to encourage the use of alternative energy, and Democratic Party leaders who control Congress appear to be only too ready to comply. That leaves

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 September 2007 A few days before Bush administration reports to Congress on the situation in Iraq, U.S. lawmakers have heard additional views on the capabilities and weaknesses of Iraqi military and police forces, and

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 25 April 2006 The Tenth Party Congress of Vietnam's Communist Party has reelected General Secretary Nong Duc Manh for a second five-year term. The Congress selected a new Poli

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 January 2007 Hours before delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President Bush faces continuing criticism from lawmakers on his strategy for Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Cap

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Americans go to the polls Tuesday to vote for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president. All 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for election, along with will more than one-third of the 100-member Senate. Democrat

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US Congress Returns as President Calls for Action on Jobs Members of the U.S. Congress are returning to work in Washington after their August recess, with the nationwide unemployment rate holding stubbornly at more than nine percent. President Barack

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What if you spent months working on a household budget only to find that your partner or spouse had already emptied your joint checking account to go on a spending spree? That's kind of what happened to President Trump. The preside

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By Paula Wolfson White House 05 February 2007 President Bush has sent his 2008 budget proposal to Congress. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that Mr. Bush says the spending plan will provide needed funds for the war on terrorism, whil

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By Mil Arcega Washington 25 October 2007 American news media are reporting that a survey of pilots by the U.S. government found that safety problems involving air carriers happen more frequently than previously known. The reports say the space agency

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By Cindy Saine Washington 21 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has criticized the U.S. Congress for providing only three months worth of funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The short-term funding means President Bush will ha

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By Carolyn Presutti Washington, DC 14 February 2008 Two top U.S. Defense Department officials have testified before a Congressional committee in charge of military spending. The committee grilled the officials about progress in Iraq and the status of

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By Paula Wolfson White House 16 April 2007 President Bush invited military families to the White House Monday, as he stepped up his campaign for Congressional passage of a war funding bill without a timetable for withdrawal. VOA's Paula Wolfson repor

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By Scott Stearns White House 07 June 2008 U.S. President George Bush wants $178 billion more in military spending to help pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats are adding dome

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Often Quiet On Wars, Congress Challenges White House Over Yemen RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Something very rare is stirring in Congress. There's growing sentiment to force the president to end U.S. involvement in a war - in this case, the war in Yemen. Cong

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