VOA慢速英语2013 政府提高债务上限,交易市场重开

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美国国家公共电台 NPR House Passes Funding Extension After Trump Says 'I'd Love To See A Shutdown'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: We are once again days away from a potential government shutdown. Now on Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats say they think they can strike a deal to avoid that scenario. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MITCH MCCONNELL: I'm o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Open Or Closed? Here's What Happens In A Partial Government Shutdown

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Unless there's a last-minute agreement, the federal government is about to partially shut down. Funding for most agencies expires at midnight tonight Eastern Time. So what exactly does that mean? NPR's Brian Naylor is here to tel

美国国家公共电台 NPR Congress Passes $1.3 Trillion Government Funding Bill, Averts Shutdown

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Congress is less than three days away from another government shutdown deadline, and they have just released a $1.3 trillion bill that's more than 2,000 pages. There's only one problem. Nobody seems to know how they'll rush the leg

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Anxiety(焦虑渴望) is filling the air in Washington D.C., as the clock ticks closer to a federal government shutdown with no budget approval. Lawmakers continued the debate Friday, leaving tourists in the nation's capital wondering whether it will

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By David Gollust State Department 22 February 2008 The United States Friday called on Turkey to limit the scope of its ground incursion in northern Iraq and bring it to an early conclusion. The operation is apparently the biggest of several recent Tu

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President Barack Obama says a proposal by a group of Republican and Democratic senators represents a significant step toward a possible compromise on cutting government deficit spending and raising the debt ceiling. Speaking to reporters in the White

美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Employees Return To Work, But Fears Of Another Shutdown Loom

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Fifty years ago today, a damaged oil well off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., caused what was then the largest oil spill in the history of the United States. The public reaction helped to shape the modern environmental moveme

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Mortgage Deals Are In Limbo As Government Shutdown Drags On

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's Day 21 of the partial federal government shutdown, and it's causing big financial concerns for hundreds of thousands of people who aren't getting paychecks today. Here's one example. Some furloughed workers can't refinance t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Financially Struggling Government Workers Are Caught Up In Shutdown

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are now into day seven of a partial shutdown of the federal government. Government employees are still getting paid for work they did before the shutdown, but the checks will soon be stopping. Among the 800,000 people to be aff

美国国家公共电台 NPR How The Partial Government Shutdown Could Affect You

NOEL KING, HOST: This morning, a partial government shutdown continues. It started on Saturday after lawmakers failed to agree on a set of spending bills. The main sticking point was President Trump's demand for $5 billion for border wall funding. Th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Furloughed Workers In Hard-Hit Community Organize Potluck During Shutdown

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: We're going to turn now to the partial federal government shutdown, which is now the longest in history as we've entered day 22. We're going to hear from voices across the country during the program today about how the shutdown

美国国家公共电台 NPR Shutdown Makes Government Websites More Vulnerable To Hackers, Experts Say

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Hackers love to try to breach U.S. computer systems. This now may be easier than ever before. With so many IT and cybersecurity workers furloughed by the shutdown, security professionals say government websites are more vul

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Shutdown Crawls On, Artists And Nonprofits Fear For Their 'Fragile Industry'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The partial government shutdown is making more people anxious every day, including those in the arts. Theaters, dance companies, symphony orchestras, nonprofit arts organizations worry about the impact on themselves and their audie

美国国家公共电台 NPR Not Out To Lunch: Businesses That Rely On Federal Workers Suffer The Shutdown

Not Out To Lunch: Businesses That Rely On Federal Workers Suffer The Shutdown MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to talk a bit more about the partial shutdown of the federal government, which is entering its third week. We've talked earlier this hour a