STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As Republican senators take some extra days to consider a health care bill, they may consider this. The measure, which has been delayed because of a lack of votes, takes money out of Medicaid, often described as the health progra

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

IN THE NEWS - Health Care Law Upheld, but Republicans Plan Fight 新闻报道 - 美国高法裁决支持医保法案 共和党筹划新一轮斗争 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 March 2006 Hundreds of thousands of French poured into the streets Tuesday, in the latest, and largest, demonstration against an unpopular new employment law. The protests incl

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US Congress in 2013 Passes Fewest Laws in History 2013年在历史上是美国国会通过法律最少的一年 CAPITOL HILL The 113th Congress has been the least productive in history, with the House and Senate passing only 57 bills that were signed

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AZUZ: In the U.S. Capitol on Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said, quote, We are going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future. A Republican plan to repeal and replace the law didn't look like it was going to get enough votes in the Ho

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AZUZ: OK. Next this Wednesday, a change in the U.S. government's immigration policy. Yesterday, President Donald Trump repealed a program created by his predecessor, former President Barack Obama. It's known as DACA. And in the five years since it wa

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Story of One American Familys Russian Adoption Told in Documentary NEW YORK A documentary that tells the story of three Russian children adopted by an American couple has become especially relevant in the wake of Russias 2012 ban on U.S. adoptions. T

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 26 January 2007 Trade ministers are meeting on the sidelines at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. For the trade ministers, the fate of the so-called Doha talks to slash trade subsidies has again become a hot

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 24 May 2007 The U.S. Congress has approved legislation supporting military operations in Iraq, with majority Democrats calling it the best achievable at this time, and Republicans claiming victory in forcing Democrats to

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Obama Faces High Stakes in Supreme Court Arguments on Health Care President Obama signed health care reform into law in 2010 after prevailing in a year-long political struggle on an issue that defied bipartisan solutions for decades. Thirty million u

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Report Says Health Workers Are Targets Health workers are frequently becoming targets in countries undergoing conflict or civil unrest. A new report says since 2012, hundreds have been attacked in dozens of countries.Human Rights Watch and the Safegu

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The people of Ireland vote tomorrow in a referendum that would open up the availability of abortion - this, in a country that has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Opinion polls show that the vote is likely to

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: When senators come back to Washington on Monday, a handful of Republicans will decide the fate of a bill that could reshape health care in America. Republicans have been promising for years to repeal and replace the Affordable Ca

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: On January 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as president, and Barack Obama will leave the White House. Also on that day, Senator Charles Schumer of New York will become the most powerful Democrat in Washington. As the Senate min

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LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now to Garden City, Kan., which doesn't fit the stereotype of a small, Midwestern city. It is isolated and rural. But it's also economically thriving and culturally diverse. Decades ago, Garden City embraced the meatpack

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now we're going to look at how one issue in one race is playing out. The tobacco industry is pouring money into Montana to fight a ballot initiative that would raise tobacco taxes to pay for Medicaid expansion. Montana

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 03 December 2007 Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister with an agenda of action on climate change and the repeal of unpopular industrial laws. The new government has signed the Kyoto Protocol on climate

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 09 July 2006 Not a single opposition or independent newspaper was for sale Sunday in Cairo because of a strike over a controversial proposed press law. The same issue brought hundreds of journalists into the streets to pr

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