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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Grover Cleveland: A Democrat Wins the White House in 1884 By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, October 13, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Sp
By Dan Robinson Washington 14 February 2008 In a blow to Democrats, the House of Representatives has voted to reject a measure that would have extended existing foreign intelligence surveillance legislation by three weeks. VOA's Dan Robinson reports,
Des Moines, Iowa 01 November 2007 With about two months to go before Iowans choose their presidential candidates, Democratic hopefuls are visiting the state often. Voters in the mostly rural, Midwestern state will go to caucuses in early January, be
Representatives By Dan Robinson Washington 24 October 2006 Nancy Pelosi If Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in the November 7 congressional elections, a Democratic lawmaker from the state of California could become the first wom
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 23 July 2007 U.S. Senate Democrats hope their Republican counterparts will face pressure from voters to change course in Iraq, after Republicans last week blocked legislation calling for a U.S. troop withdrawal from that
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 29 September 2007 The focus of congressional action on Iraq shifts again from the Senate to the House of Representatives next week. While majority Democrats are releasing few specific details of their legislative strategy
Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who recently accompanied likely presidential nominee Barack Obama to Iraq and Afghanistan, is calling the Republican strategy in Iraq a blank check that America cannot afford. President George Bush, meanwhile, says
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
Europeans Seen Favoring a Democrat Win in US Election They may not have any say in the U.S. vote -- but many Britons know their mind. Barack Obama is a firm favorite for re-election, as many people on the streets of central London said. I hope Obama
In Tennessee Senate Race, Democrat Tries To Show He Can Overcome Political Tribalism AILSA CHANG, HOST: Tennessee has emerged as one of the most surprising Senate battlegrounds this year. Former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen has a chance to flip
By Jim Fry Washington 07 September 2007 The man the Democratic Party nominated for vice president in 2004 is running for president now. John Edwards of North Carolina -- the son of a mill worker, a successful trial lawyer and former U.S. senator -- f
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 10 July 2007 A key Senate Democrat has introduced legislation calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to begin within 120 days. Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says set
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 05 February 2008 U.S. Democrats living in Indonesia cast the first votes in the Super Tuesday round of primary elections. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, where Senator Barack Obama was the favored candidate. More than 100
Majority Democrats in Congress met with economic experts on Capitol Hill Monday to discuss a new package of steps to stimulate the U.S. economy. VOA's Dan Robinson reports that minority Republicans say they agree on the need for new legislation to h
By Jim Malone Washington 12 October 2006 Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner surprised fellow Democrats Thursday by announcing he will not run for president in 2008. Many Democrats considered Warner a viable alternative to Senator Hillary Clinton o
By Jim Malone Washington 09 August 2006 In a major upset, veteran Senator Joseph Lieberman was narrowly defeated Tuesday by a political newcomer in the Democratic Party primary in the northeastern state of Connecticut. As VOA National Correspondent
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 01 April 2008 Majority Democrats in Congress returned to work from a two-week recess, vowing to focus on the state of the U.S. economy, including the housing mortgage crisis. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill,
By Paula Wolfson Pittsburgh 22 April 2008 Voters in the state of Pennsylvania are going to the polls to show their preference for who should win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Pittsburgh that there is
By Scott Stearns White House 01 September 2007 President Bush reports to Congress this month on the results from his decision to send more troops to Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats say his strategy is n
By Meredith Buel Manchester, New Hampshire 06 January 2008 Republicans and Democrats seeking their party's U.S. presidential nomination have debated important foreign policy issues, just days before the nation's first presidential primary in New Hamp