AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-26

1. It looks like there is an agreement in principle among lawmakers on a 700-billion-dollar bailout of the financial industry. The plan would have to pass both houses of Congress, then be signed by the president. 2. The first presidential debate pla

AP 2012-07-31

1. The White House and the Senate's top Democrat are making it clear, new gun legislation won't be on the political agenda this year. White House spokesman Jay Carney says there are other things that can be done, short of legislation to reduce violen

NPR 2008-10-02

Senate lawmakers are moving toward a vote tonight on a revised 700-billion-dollar financial rescue plan, though from the floor debate it's clear there are lawmakers who continue to have reservations. Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders said t

NPR 2008-11-18

Congressional lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill this week for a special session on the nation's teetering auto industry. Today the Senate began debate on whether to come to its aid. NPR's Brian Miller reports. As domestic carmakers teeter on the br

NPR 2009-07-19

President Obama is trying to build public support for his plan to overhaul the nations health care system to help counter the concerns being expressed by some lawmakers including a number of Democrats about how to pay for the proposal. Mr Obama says

NPR 2009-5-22

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Reactions were along party lines on Capitol Hill to the speech President Obama delivered today at the National Archives. The President broadly addressed national security and safeguarding the constitution

NPR 2009-03-18

From NPR News in Washington. I'm Jack Speer. On Capitol Hill lawmakers are making plans to recoup the government bailout money that insurance giant AIG used to pay executive bonuses. NPR's Audie Cornish reports. After offering billions in rescue mon

NPR 2010-12-22

New rules for Internet service providers today from the Federal Communications Commission. They are designed to keep broadband landline companies from interfering with information flow to their customers. NPR's Paul Brown reports the plan largely exe

NPR 2011-02-18

From NPR news in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. In Wisconsin a movement to strip away collective bargaining rights of public workers has hit a new snag. There are no democratic senators to be found in the state capital. The republicans who hold a 19:

NPR 2011-01-19

The House is due to begin debate this hour on a bill to repeal the nation's health care law. A vote is scheduled for tomorrow. Meanwhile, North Dakota's Democratic Senator Kent Conrad announced today he won't seek re-election next year, a move that c

NPR 2012-02-16

It's not a done deal yet but a payroll tax cut extension is on track to pass in the GOP-led House. Today, House Speaker John Boehner said the measure that also extends unemployment insurance will be brought to a vote this week. We were not gonna allo

NPR 2011-04-16

Congressional Democrats warn that the budget plan the House's Republican majority approved today by a vote of 235-193 won't go over well with voters. As NPR's Julie Rovner reports, critics say Americans will resist sweeping changes to the Medicare an

NPR 2011-10-10

In Cairo, Coptic Christian protesters marching on the state television building came under attack today. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is covering the story. She says Egyptian state radio reports at least 20 people were killed. Traffic was at a stands

NPR 2011-12-20

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hoping that the change in North Koreas leadership will lead to improved US relations with the communist nation. She spoke to reporters after a meeting in Washington with Japans foreign minister. We reiterate our

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Betsy DeVos, Donald Trumps controversial pick to be US education secretary, was confirmed in the job yesterday only after vice-president Mike Pence stepped in to cast an unprecedented tiebreaking vote in the Senate. 唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)提

CNN 2011-05-02

Now, this issue has been going on for two, two and a half years now. I think it started during the campaign. We had every official in Hawaii, Democrat and Republican, every news outlet that has investigated this ,confirmed that yes in fact, I was bor

CNN 2012-01-22

Hi,everyone.This is CL and this is CNN Student News.We are back from a long weekend and ready to bring you a ten-minute commercial-free news.Then we starting the day off the coast of Italy. That is where the rescue efforts to going on right now after

CNN 2009-01-16

Hello, I'm Mellisa Long,here at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Thursday the 15th of January. A busy day for potential members of the Obama Administration. There's already been an approv

CNN 2010-11-06

Here with your results from the U.S. midterm elections, plus more events from around the world, this is your commercial-free show for the classroom: CNN Student News! Let me just say this: It's clear tonight who the winners really are, and that's the

CNN 2010-02-01

CAMPBELL BROWN at 8:00 p.m., you can find out why some residents in Montana think that their state has made a double fault with their tax dollars. I bet Jeffrey Miron would weigh in on that. And then AC 360 investigates why stimulus money is going to