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1. The Senate's second-ranking Democratic leader thinks there are enough votes to ratify a nuclear arms treaty with Russia before year's end. But the No.2 Senate GOP leader says this treaty needs to be fixed and there's not enough time to do it. Sena
From NPR news in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. It's a long hot weekend in Washington where both the House and the Senate are in session, and the debt ceiling deadline looms. NPR's Louise Schiavone has the lastest. Repubilcans donimated House has slapped
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obama says the looming debt crisis is a burden to Congress could easily lift if it just chooses to do so. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports the President, the Senate to make a statement of the White Hou
The deep market losses suffered in other global market today are playing out on Wall Street. The massive sell-off spurred by pessimism about the long-term health of the US and European economies. At last check, the Dow was down more than 450 points,
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has named his choice to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the US Senate. Blagojevich today picked former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris. Chicago Public Radio's Tony Arnold reports. Blagojevich named B
House Democrats reached a deal today on details of a health care bill. A vote in a key committee is now expected by the end of the week. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports. Conservative Blue Dog Democrats bargained for changes to the bill going through t
Aides to President Donald Trump say he will not stop James Comey from speaking to members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Comey is the former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Committee members want to question
[1]Shuttle Atlantis touchdown the Kennedy Space Center put the final time early this morning. The landing ended NASA's 30-year space shuttle program. The shuttle grand finale comes 50 years to the day after Gus Grissom became the second American in s
1. The House has rejected a plan to extend a social security payroll tax cut for two months. Republican members are instead demanding that the Senate return to negotiate an extension for the entire year. President Barack Obama called the Senate's ver
1. Senate Democrats are expected to clear a procedural hurdle today in their latest bid to pass an extension of jobless benefits. Democrats are expected to be able to break a GOP filibuster right after West Virginia senator Carte Goodwin is sworn int
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress faced a big question this week, but the answer will have to wait. Auto executives at hearings this week in Congress The heads of the Big Three American automakers came to Washington to ask f
From NPR news in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama is praising Senate Democrats for what he called a big victory for the American people a vote to advance legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. NPR's Scott Horsley repor
From NPR news in Washington I am Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is on Capitol Hill attending a democratic pipe rally of sorts ahead of tomorrows land mark health care vote in the House. This debate has been a difficult debate. This process has been a
Millions of Americans who've been out of work for more than six months are getting some relief. This afternoon, the US Senate voted 60-40 to extend unemployment benefits. NPR's Scott Horsleys been tracking the story for us. Passage comes after heavy
President Obama signed the 858-billion-dollar tax-cut bill this afternoon, extending Bush-era tax rates for another two years. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the tax bill passed the House last night with nearly equal support from Democrats and Repub
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hoping that the change in North Koreas leadership will lead to improved US relations with the communist nation. She spoke to reporters after a meeting in Washington with Japans foreign minister. We reiterate our
Hi, I'm Carl Azuz, and this is CNN Student News, where Fridays are awesome! This one, though, is a little sad, because it's actually our last show of 2010. Before we move ahead into 2011, we're going to look back at some of the biggest stories from t
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President Barack Obama says a new report that says the rich are getting richer while the middle class struggles shows Republicans in Congress are not paying attention to the economic situation in the United States. Obama said in his weekly address Sa