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Democrats Win Control of House, Creating Divide in Congress The Democratic Party is set to take control of the United States House of Representatives, following the countrys midterm elections Tuesday. The Republican Party will keep its majority in th
今天要讲的习惯用语都是以heel这个字为主的。Heel就是脚跟。同样都是脚跟这个字,在不同的习惯用语中和在不同的动词相连之后,产生的意义就各不相同,甚至正好相反。下面我们就给大家举
U.S. President Barack Obama says the country's economic crisis demands that Congress act soon on his economic stimulus plan. Mr. Obama met Friday with top Democratic and Republican lawmakers at the White House. 美国总统奥巴马说,鉴于国家目
各位亲爱的朋友们,非常高兴您守候早间课堂,我是Juliet。上回我们已经打开了Cooperation(合作)的话匣子,我们今天就继续来聊聊它。 既然是合作,我们在与他人合作的时候,有时候也必须
327. The Right of Petition. 327.请愿权 One of the most sacred rights of freemen is the right to petition for redress of grievances. 自由人最神圣的权利之一是在受到冤屈后申请获得赔偿的权力, In the old colonial days the
257. Battle of Tippecanoe. 257.提皮克努之战 This determined attitude of the Indians seemed to the American leaders to be very dangerous. 美国的领导者认为印第安人的这个断然态度非常危险, Governor William Henry Harrison
The shooting rampage in Arizona that left six people dead and 14 injured has re-ignited concerns about security for politicians. Government prosecutors have portrayed the attack as an assassination attempt on an Arizona congresswoman, who was critica
A new U.S. Congress has convened in Washington. Republicans now control the House of Representatives, and Democrats have a reduced majority in the Senate, giving the United States a divided legislature. The 112th Congress features scores of new Repub
The U.S. Senate has approved a $91 billion package that will continue funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and provide assistance to Pakistan by a vote 86-3 late Thursday. The measure will have to be reconciled with a House-passed version before
Hi everybody. 大家好! In my State of the Union Address, I said that the best measure of opportunity is access to a good job. 在我的国情咨文里,我说过,衡量机会的最好方式就是能否创造更多良好就业。 And after the
Hi, everybody. 大家好。 Restoring the idea of opportunity for all requires a year of action from all of us. 为所有需要机会的人创造机会是我们今年工作的重心。 Wherever I can act on my own, I will-and whenever I can ask more
华盛顿:在本周的讲话中,奥巴马总统号召国会像过去两年里七次做到的一样,全力通过交通运输法案的延期表决。如果国会不能成功通过该法案,对我们的经济将是一场灾难,明年将有100多
华盛顿:在本周的讲话中,奥巴马总统告诉美国人民我们不能等着国会采取行动来促进经济增长和创造就业了。他强调本周他采取行政手段帮助家庭重新申请抵押贷款,节约了数千美元,同时
每周电视讲话:共同努力,正视财政挑战 华盛顿:在本周的讲话中,奥巴马总统号召两党在这非常时期共同努力,寻求一个具有实际意义,均衡的方案降低财政赤字,在不侵害对经济增长和创
Goats Get a Capitol Hill Job 山羊获得国会山工作 While members of the U.S. Congress are on vacation this month, work continues around the U.S. Capitol. Not by Congressional aides, though. A herd of goats was set loose in the Historic Congress
President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to act quickly on his economic recovery program, warning that inaction by Washington could extend the current recession for years. 美国当选总统奥巴马敦促国会立即行动,通过他提出的经
今天我们要学的词是lobby。 Lobby是游说的意思。美国有很多游说团体lobby group在国会活动。最近两年也爆发了一些涉及贿赂的游说丑闻lobby scandal. 为了增加国会的透明和廉洁度,美国国会众议院
The Obama administration is defending its proposals to massively boost government spending in the wake of a congressional report that projects record federal deficits and a doubling of America's national debt in coming years. Republicans and even som
We start today with one of the big questions that faced the technology executive yesterday on Capitol Hill. Is Google biased against politically conservative users and in favor of politically liberal ones? That's something that a number of Republican
President Donald Trump may have ended a battle over the federal budget, but he opened a door to a much bigger dispute when he declared a national emergency to build his border wall. Its a great thing to do, because we have an invasion of drugs, invas