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From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. Leaders on Capitol Hill are condemning threats and vandalism against lawmakers. Most of the threats have centered around those who voted for health care overhaul. NPRs Sonari Glinton reports a prominent
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 12 July 2007 U.S. lawmakers have told a senior State Department official that Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf must act to eliminate Taleban, al-Qaida forces and extremists in his country. VOA's Dan Robinson reports
The greater threat is that al-Qaida is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. - CIA Director Leon Panetta America's top intelligence officials have delivered a sobering assessment to Congress, saying that the al-
SCOTT BROWN, REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE: This is my truck. I put a lot of miles on it during this campaign. ACOSTA: Coakley's challenger, the pickup-driving Republican State lawmaker Scott Brown, has the backing of frustrated Tea Party voters. UNIDE
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American Lawmakers React To a Flood of Immigrants in Late 1800s By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, October 27, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program
IN THE NEWS - Powerful U.S. Lawmaker Accused of Election Law Violation in Texas By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, October 01, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Wed
Ilhan Omar made history this week when she began her term as the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States. Omar was sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives on January 3, the opening day of its 90th legislative session. Few people
This is Whats Trending Today. The Twitter hashtag #LetLizSpeak was trending on social media Wednesday. And over 6 million people saw a video from Elizabeth Warren, a member of the United States Senate. She posted her video on Facebook Tuesday night.
Capitol Hill U.S. lawmakers are considering amending the Constitution to allow foreign-born American citizens to run for president of the United States. Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Jud
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Obama met with Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the White House today. They discussed job creation programs, health care and cutting the deficit. I'm gonna continue to seek the best idea
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 20 August 2007 The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, has threatened to hold members of the Bush administration in contempt for withholding documents subpoenaed b
The head of Nigeria's House of Representatives has warned that spiraling violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta is now a major national security threat. The warning came hours after gunmen abducted eight oil workers in three separate incidents on Frid
Standing in front of members of law enforcement Gov. Jan Brewer, the Republican Arizona governor, talks about signing immigration bill SB1070 into law Friday, April 23, 2010, in Phoenix A tough new immigration law has been enacted in the Southwestern
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 16 April 2008 Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change says 50 supporters have been arrested since Tuesday. The police say the number is fewer than 40. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa
By Dan Robinson Washington 17 July 2007 Majority Democrats and opposition Republicans in the U.S. Congress focused on the fight against terrorism Tuesday as they debated the latest government report on the threat facing the country. As Dan Robinson r
乌克兰议会批准新内阁 KIEV, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday approved a cabinet led by new Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk. The new interim government, which has gathered well-known politicians and prominent figures o
Top lawmaker calls for greater environmental awareness
Lawmakers 立法者 In our society, everyone should obey the rules. 在我们的社会,每个人都应该遵守规则。 And the most important and powerful rules are laws. 最重要和最有力的规则是法律。 Then who make such laws? Lawmake
By Deborah Block Washington 08 May 2008 A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee heard testimony Tuesday about the detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Senior U.S. officials say the Bush administration could announce plans before the end o
National People's Congress Chairman Zhang Dejiang says many key areas have seen legislative improvements. The standing committee of NPC has been focused on improving the quality of legislation. We have been dedicated to promoting legislation in sever