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It came down to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night, the Senate had already passed a temporary fix to the fiscal cliff, but the House had to approve that plan and for the president to sign it and to make it law. When the vote
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[00:03.92]The Senate is one of the two lawmaking bodies of the United States Congress. [00:09.72]The other is the House of Representatives. [00:12.83]Both have about the same amount of power. [00:16.48]Both the Senate and the House of Representatives
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Customer Service Day is on January the 17th. At least, it is in America. Not sure about the rest of the world. This is a day for companies and businesses to reflect on the importance of providing good customer service. Its also a day for customer ser
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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Mary Kay Ash, 1918-2001: She Started a Skin Care Company That Has Sales of More Than Two Billion Dollars a Year Independent representatives sell products in peoples' homes in more than 30 countries. Transcript of radio broadcast:
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Explanation: Senators, representatives, and the president of the United States almost all have political affiliations (or membership in a political party), but not necessarily the same ones. Sometimes most of the members of Congress have the same pol
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Explanation: Making a federal (or national) law in the United States is a complex (or complicated and not simple) process that takes a lot of time. This is good, because it means that the laws cant be easily changed. New laws can be made only when a
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President Bush Meets with Representatives of American Businesses on the Economic Rescue Package THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the job creators who have joined me here today to talk about the state of the economy and the need for the House of Repres
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Broadcast: Feb 17, 2002 By Jerilyn Watson Many years ago, a popular saying in America was,
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THE MAKING OF A NATION - US History Series: Jefferson Is Elected President in 1800, But Only on the 36th Vote Thomas Jefferson defeated Aaron Burr. But it took three days of voting in the House of Representatives to settle on a winner. Transcript of
VOA慢速英语2008年（五）月
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson with Richard Rael. This week in our series, we begin the story of a document that defined a nation: the United States Constitution. (MUSIC) VOICE TWO: Del
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Clinton Foundation To Drastically Shrink If Hillary Clinton Is Elected KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the Clinton Foundation is planning to spin off all its international programs if Hillary Clinton is elected president. The foundation has come under heavy
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Xi Jinping has been elected the Chinese president at the country's ongoing parliamentary session. Now I announce that Xi Jinping has been elected president of the People's Republic of China. Xi Jinping has also been elected as the chairman of the cou
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives（众议院） on Wednesday passed a bill to press China to let its currency rise faster, amid accusations that China suppressed the value of its currency and placed a drag on U.S. jo
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TIRANA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- As many as 8,153 domestic and foreign observers have been so far approved by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to monitor the general elections of Albania due on Sunday June 23. According to the CEC, 564 out of 8,153 a
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美国众议院通过乌克兰援助法案 WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday approved legislation that would allow the Obama administration to give Ukraine 1 billion U.S. dollars of loan guarantees. The bill w
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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass a housing plan he says will save qualifying homeowners thousands of dollars each year on their mortgage. During his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama said the housing crisis has been one of the
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奥巴马呼吁国会推进移民改革 WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called on U.S. Congress to move forward the immigration reform this year, after the once hot-button issue has been overshadowed for months
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今天学的词组是brace。作为动词，brace有做好准备应对压力或危险的意思。 比如美国国会中期选举之前， 共和党人意识到可能会失去七到三十个众议院席位, They braced for the loss of seven to 30 seat
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The 112th Congress of the United States was called to order on Wednesday, and John Boehner was elected (当选) Speaker in the House of Representatives. In his first address as the House's top member, Boehner focused on
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