US House Speaker: Congress Should Debate Authorization Against IS 美国众议院议长表示国会应讨论对伊斯兰国动武问题 WASHINGTON As wave after wave of U.S. airstrikes target Islamic State militants, the speaker of the Republican-con

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(九月)

First up, the Brexit, Britain's exit from the European Union just got more complicated. Over the summer, people in the United Kingdom voted 52 percent to 48 percent to leave the E.U., the political and economic association of European countries. Brit

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 April 2007 U.S. lawmakers are urging the Bush administration to reconsider proposed budgetary reductions that would end most radio broadcasting in the English language by government-funded Voice of America. VOA's Dan R

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By Jordan Davis Dakar 15 February 2007 The speaker of Liberia's House of Representatives resigned Thursday, following a boycott of his legislative sessions by many lawmakers. Jordan Davis reports from VOA's regional bureau in Dakar. Edwin Snowe (Jan

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By Dan Robinson Washington 21 July 2006 A dispute between the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration over a plan to sell F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan spilled into the open Thursday during a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. Some lawmake

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 September 2006 Democratic lawmakers in Congress are reacting to President Bush's appointment of a special envoy for Sudan, calling it a long overdue step that could help avert further bloodshed in Darfur. --- The pres

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 25 July 2007 U.S. lawmakers are urging the Bush administration to stop giving political briefings to U.S. diplomats out of concern it could politically taint the nation's diplomatic agencies. The Washington Post newspaper

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 May 2007 Legislation that would step up pressure on Iran's government has been advanced by two committees in the U.S. House of Representatives. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. Approved by the committees o

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 June 2006 Several U.S. lawmakers are working behind the scenes to try to forge a compromise between very different plans for immigration reform passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. --------- The Hous

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U.S. lawmakers are describing as disturbing a report from the Government Accountability Office that says the Defense Department has been unable to account for tens of thousands of weapons supplied to Afghanistan's security forces. There are also con

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Republicans and Democrats in Congress are reacting to President Barack Obama's speech, in which he warned Americans that the economy faces a dire day of reckoning, but one the country can recover from. President Barack Obama addresses a joint sessio

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: For the first time in two years, the state of Illinois has a budget. Late today, the Illinois House of Representatives overrode the governor's veto of the spending plan that enacts $5 billion in tax increases. We're going to talk

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: So a moderate House Republican from upstate New York is the latest lawmaker to be heckled at a town hall meeting. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was one of a handful of last-minute yes votes on the House bill to repeal and replace m

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By Deborah Tate Washington 17 January 2007 watch Leta Hong Fincher's report From left, US Senators Hagel, Biden and Levin A group of U.S. senators has drafted a resolution opposing President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq. Among them i

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 July 2006 Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to put forward conflicting assessments of the situation in Iraq. Lawmakers also considered a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office re

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By Dan Robinson Washington 20 July 2006 The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on a strong resolution supporting Israel in its conflict with Hezbollah and Hamas. The lawmakers held an extended debate Wednesday on the crisis in the Midd

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 December 2006 Legislation to establish permanent U.S. normal trade relations [PNTR] with Vietnam is nearing consideration again in the U.S. Congress, and could win final approval before lawmakers are scheduled to adjo

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By Dan Robinson Washington 10 March 2006 U.S. lawmakers have expressed concerns about stability in Afghanistan, saying insurgent attacks and expanding opium production continue to threaten U.S. and al

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 10 January 2007 As President Bush prepares to announce a temporary increase of some 21,000 American troops to Iraq, many U.S. lawmakers are expressing renewed opposition to such a plan. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Ca

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By Dan Robinson Washington 06 February 2007 Paul Bremer The former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq has testified before a congressional oversight committee investigating how more than eight billion dollars in Iraqi development fun

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