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NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-09-25

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has blocked two long-shot moves by GOP Senator Ted Cruz, aimed at having the Senate approve without changes the stopgap spending bill passed by the House to keep the government operating past the end of this month. N

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NPR 2009-10-26

President Obama is condemning today's suicide bombings in Baghdad as outrageous attacks, but he said they were no match for the courage and resilience of the Iraqi people. The two blasts killed at least 132 people and injured hundreds of others. NPR

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NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2014-01-09

6 senate Republicans join Democrats today in biding back a GOP filibuster or a bill was to restore jobless benefits for 1.3 million long-term unemployed Americans whose benefits expired just after Christmas. But NPRs David Welna reports, the bill wou

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

VOA标准英语 Specter Defection Latest Setback For Republicans

U.S. Senator Arlen Specter's decision to defect from the Republican Party and become a Democrat is the latest setback for a party still reeling from national election defeats in 2008 and 2006. Political survival appears to be the immediate reason fo

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(四月)

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-04-29

1. The spread of swine flu is prompting governments around the globe to take action. Cuba became the first country to impose a travel ban today by suspending flights to and from Mexico for 48 hours. This, even though the World Health Organization sa

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 特朗普就任一周年政府关门

This is AP News Minute. It's day 2 the federal government shut down and Senate leaders offered no obvious solution to reopening the government. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said he would continue to lead a filibuster of a stop-gap spending me

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NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-12-03

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating this mornings train derailment in New York City that killed four people and injured more than 60 others, fourteen of them critically. From member station WFUV, George Bodarky reports. The Metr

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美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-17

Inside the Senate talks, they hammered out a deal to end a fiscal impasse and the Senator end the close charge. It's also very new in kind of a bill away in from sight lines. Let's get started. We begin a fast moving day on Capital Hill with a timeta

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-04-06

This is AP news minute. 1. The senate appears to head for a showdown over president Donald Trump's supreme court nominee. Democrats have secured the votes for filibuster to block the nominee of Neil Gorsuch. But senate majority leader Mitch McConnell

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(四)月

VOA慢速英语2015 美国参议员兰德保罗参与总统竞选

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Announces Presidential Campaign 美国参议员兰德保罗参与总统竞选 Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has become the second major candidate to seek the Republican Party presidential nomination. The senator announced his cand

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VOA标准英语2009-US Senators Debate Supreme Court Nominee's C

A high-ranking Republican senator says President Barack Obama's nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court should apologize for a comment made years ago about the roles of race and gender in judicial opinions. Meanwhile, Democratic senators are downpla

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VOA标准英语2010年-Democrats Tout Achievements, Republica

The U.S. Congress has adjourned ahead of mid-term elections, allowing lawmakers to return home to campaign before the key November vote. Democrats are touting their legislative achievements, while minority Republicans accuse members of the party of P

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学个词Learn a Word 第1327期 protracted

今天我们要学的词是protracted。 Protracted, 长时间的，拖延的。 President Obama said the protracted struggle between Republicans and Democrats over raising the U.S. debt ceiling is 'an entirely self-inflicted wound' to the economy, 美

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学个词Learn a Word 第413期 razor thin

今天我们要学的词是razor thin。 Razor, 是剃须刀，thin, 是薄的意思，象剃须刀那么薄，引申为极其微弱的意思。美国民主党争夺总统提名的希拉里.克林顿和巴拉克.奥巴马星期二进行党内初选的关

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学个词Learn a Word 第615期 Shortlist

今天我们要学的词是shortlist。 Shortlist, 是指供挑选的最后名单。 Three democrats made the shortlist for the soon-to-be vacant secretary of state position for Colorado, 三个民主党人进入最后的候选人名单，角逐科罗拉

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VOA常速英语2008年-Presidential Contenders Clash over Iraq

By Jeffrey Young Washington 11 April 2008 The Capitol Hill appearances of the top U.S. military commander in Iraq and the U.S. Ambassador in Bagdad this week gave the three current White House contenders a focal point - - and on-camera time - - in th

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-11

1. Julio Acevedo surrendered to authorities in Pennsylvania Wednesday and is scheduled for an extradition hearing Thursday. He is accused in a gruesome New York City car crash that killed a pair of expected parents. Their baby was delivered by C-sect

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Senate Democrats In Political Quagmire Over Supreme Court Nomination

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here in Washington, the conventional wisdom is that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be easily confirmed. But if 2016 proved anything, it's that conventional wisdom is not always accurate. So Senate Democrats find themselv

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VOA双语新闻：布什和民主党人向美国军人致敬

U.S. President George Bush and opposition Democrats are both paying tribute to America's armed forces, as part of the celebration of the nation's 232nd anniversary. 在美国庆祝建国232周年之际，美国总统布什和反对党民主党都向美

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2538 renewed

今天我们要学的词是 renewed. Renewed 作为形容词，有复兴的，更新的意思。The death of seven-time Grammy-winner Prince sparked renewed interest in his music. 七次获得格莱美奖的传奇人物王子的去世让人们对他的

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