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A Revenue 'Trigger' Would Shoot Down Tax Cuts If Economy Doesn't Grow As Expected KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Republicans are struggling with a way to cut taxes without increasing the federal budget deficit, and one idea under consideration would be a budge
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By Jim Malone Washington 02 May 2007 President Bush and congressional Democrats are expected to make a fresh attempt at compromise over funding the war in Iraq following the president's veto of an emergency war-funding bill Tuesday. VOA National Corr
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 17 April 2007 Ukraine is in the midst of a constitutional crisis - the most serious since the days of the 2004 Orange Revolution. At that time, Russia was very much involved in what was happening to its neighbor. In thi
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 January 2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he remains committed to peace talks, despite the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and heavy fighting there between Hamas militants and Israeli forces. VOA's Jim Teeple
Will US Congress Help, Hurt Iran Nuclear Deal? 美国国会是否将破坏伊朗核协议? WASHINGTON A growing number of U.S. lawmakers of both political parties say Congress should have an up-or-down vote if a final accord is reached on Irans nuc
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Starbucks' plan to close all of its U.S. stores for an afternoon to give their employees racial bias training has a lot of people asking, will this even work? We know little about what the training will include. Starbucks has said
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 02 May 2007 Majority Democrats intend to maintain pressure on President Bush over Iraq in coming months, despite the president's veto of war funding legislation containing a timeline for withdrawing U.S. forces. VOA's Dan
Finches Can Learn to Sing Differently Than Their Genetics Dictate In the most recent podcast we discussed how baby bats learn their callsfrom all the other bats in their crowded colonies. And we mentioned in passing that songbirds usually get tutored
By Carol Pearson Washington 11 September 2007 People the world over are buying more processed and packaged foods, sometimes with unwanted side effects: foods high in salt, sugar and fat. But a supermarket chain based in the northeastern U.S. state of
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch New Congress report The new, 110th session of the U.S. Congress opens today with Democrats enjoying majority status in both houses for the first time in 12 years. But whether they can translate
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 16 October 2007 An annual stem cell research conference in New York has been bringing together some of the field's top scientists to discuss breakthroughs in stem cell research and what proponents call its long-term app
By Cindy Saine Washington 21 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has criticized the U.S. Congress for providing only three months worth of funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The short-term funding means President Bush will ha
By Jeff Swicord Cleveland, Ohio 18 March 2008 The subprime mortgage crisis has devastated property values and the quality of life in cities across the United States. In this, the second part of a three part series, VOA's Jeff Swicord takes a look at
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 October 2007 The speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, says a resolution approved by a House committee this week characterizing the World War I-era killings of tens of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 18 January 2006 Scientists who study human development have always faced a dilemma. The need to procreate and protect our genetic offspring can be overridden in humans w
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 08 November 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday overwhelmingly approved a $460-billion spending bill for the Defense Department, clearing the way for a vote in the Senate. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the measu
The top U.S. military officer says he has ordered the development of a new, more comprehensive strategy for the war in Afghanistan, including a plan to shift U.S. forces from Iraq to Afghanistan, announced by President Bush on Tuesday. VOA's Al Pess
By VOA News 06 November 2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Islamabad Tuesday for meetings with opposition parties to discuss ways to overturn emergency rule imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. Ms. Bhutto said she has no
By Paula Wolfson White House 16 April 2007 President Bush invited military families to the White House Monday, as he stepped up his campaign for Congressional passage of a war funding bill without a timetable for withdrawal. VOA's Paula Wolfson repor