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U.S. President Barack Obama says to support economic growth, the government has to be willing to cut spending. He says lawmakers should lead by cutting back federal spending on local projects. 美国总统奥巴马表示，为了支持经济增长，政

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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together on efforts to create jobs. The president hosted a meeting with top lawmakers from both parties at the White House Tuesday. 美国总统奥巴马星期二在白

VOA双语新闻：美国会诸议案加强制裁向伊朗施压

The U.S. Congress took steps on Tuesday to tighten sanctions against Iran in what many lawmakers call an effort to provide President Barack Obama the authority he needs to increase pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program. One week after U.S. Secr

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美国青少年在华盛顿“联合国模式”会议中模拟国际争端

U.S. Teens Simulate International Debate at Model U.N. Conference in Washington D.C. 美国青少年在华盛顿“联合国模式”会议中模拟国际争端 The so-called

VOA常速英语2018--中期选举在即 社交媒体纷纷加强自我管控

Social media stumbles in the 2016 presidential election. Russian bought political ads and fake accounts that spread misinformation are being routed out, said Facebook and Twitter executives who appeared before Congress. Weve removed 32 pages and acco

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马总统敦促国会共和党议员一

President Barack Obama has urged Republicans in the House of Representatives to work with him on major national priorities, saying cooperation is essential to the country's economic recovery. President's spoke to Republicans at their issues conferenc

VOA双语新闻：美国两党议员就预算展开激烈辩论

Democratic and Republican lawmakers engaged in more emotional debate on Wednesday over government spending. Heated exchanges over budget measures left over from last year provided a glimpse of what is likely to come when Congress tackles President Ba

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President Barack Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on the issue of health care reform is drawing reaction from U.S. lawmakers. The president used strong language to clarify what reform proposals would do, pledged

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Investigators are trying to figure out what led to an accident yesterday that involved a large garbage truck and train carrying dozens of members of the U.S. Congress. 调查人员正在努力查明昨天那起事故的原因，当时一辆大型垃圾

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AZUZ: Another State the Union tradition is the opposing political party's response. The first televised one of those took place in 1966 after the State of the Union Address by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a Democrat and two Republicans, Senate

VOA标准英语2013--议员克鲁兹并不反对第二次停摆

Defiant Senator Cruz Not Opposed to Second Shutdown 议员克鲁兹并不反对第二次停摆 WASHINGTON The political crisis that forced a partial shutdown of the U.S. government is over; government agencies are open for business again and, instead

VOA标准英语2013--奥巴马在叙利亚问题上呼吁议员

Obama Appeals to Wary Lawmakers on Syria 奥巴马在叙利亚问题上呼吁议员 CAPITOL HILL As members of Congress return to Washington from their summer recess, President Barack Obama is lobbying skeptical lawmakers for the authority to use mil

VOA双语新闻2008年：India, China Urged to Pressure Burma

The Inter-Parliamentary Union is calling for India and China to apply pressure on the Burmese government to release 26 imprisoned parliamentarians. The Inter-Parliamentary Union says India and China should follow the example of Venezuela and Brazil,

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Several dozen members of a hardline Islamic group held a demonstration outside the Dutch embassy in Jakarta to protest a film made by a right-wing Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Koran of inciting violence. 一个强硬派伊斯兰组织的几十名成

VOA双语新闻 --- 美资深议员对驻伊高官的作证不满

Senior U.S. legislators of both political parties say critical questions remain unanswered concerning America's strategy in Iraq, despite days of testimony before Congress by the top U.S. military commander in Iraq as well as the U.S. ambassador to B

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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have unveiled their version of health care reform legislation, in an effort to accelerate progress toward meeting achieving one of President Obama's major priorities. Republicans immediately blasted the

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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says his panel will investigate Bush administration detainee interrogation policies if congressional support is lacking for an independent inquiry into the matter. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy's comm

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A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least 14 people in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan. Lawmakers and the military are responding to a surge in strikes against militant targets by vowing to defend the country's territorial integ

VOA双语新闻：被奥巴马选为竞选搭档的议员拜登

Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, newly announced running mate of Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, is a respected foreign policy expert. Senator Biden, who himself had waged an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for pr