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Economics Report - US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. An American congressional committee reported failure earlier this week. The committee failed in its effort to cut the federa

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The Pyeongchang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee has been working with their counterparts from Beijing 2022 to help prepare China in hosting the next Winter Games. As both are hosting the Winter Olympics for the first time, the Sout

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VOA标准英语2010年-Vancouver Organizing Committee Faces O

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VOA标准英语2009年-Pakistan Aid Bill Clears House Committee

A U.S. congressional committee has approved legislation that would provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in economic aid over the next five years. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, lawmakers on the House of Representatives Foreign Af

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Urges Global Economic Coordination

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VOA标准英语2011--Election Politics Threatens to Derail Deficit Committee

Election Politics Threatens to Derail Deficit Committee In Washington, the congressional supercommittee appears on the verge of failure as it nears a Wednesday deadline to cut the country's $15-trillion debt by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10

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VOA常速英语2007-US Congressional Committee Approves Armenian Gen

Washington 10 October 2007 The House of Representatives foreign affairs committee has approved a non-binding resolution calling the massacre of Armenians nearly a century ago a genocide. The vote was 27 to 21. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol

US Deficit Super Committee Prepares to Begin Work

As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil proposals to spur U.S. economic growth and job creation, a bipartisan committee of lawmakers tasked with slashing the federal deficit prepares to convene for the first time. The Joint Select Committee on D

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BOGOTA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- China and Colombia on Monday vowed to improve bilateral cooperation and strengthen coordination in global issues. Both China and Colombia are developing countries. We would like to work together with Colombia and treat ou

Obama Blames Republicans for Deficit Committee Failure

President Barack Obama blamed opposition Republicans in Congress on Monday for the failure of a special deficit committee to reach a compromise on $1.2 trillion in additional federal government spending cuts during the next 10 years. Mr. Obama spoke

US Lawmakers Announce Budget Committee Choices

Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have named nine of the 12 members of a committee that will be expected to find up to $1.5 trillion in savings to reduce the nation's deficit. The White House said Wednesday that President Barack

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