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By Carolyn Weaver Washington, D.C. 29 September 2006 watch Weaver's report Both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have approved controversial new legislation proposed by President Bush on the treatment and trials of terror suspects in
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 March 2007 Two U.S. Senate Democrats have introduced legislation that would close a loophole in U.S. sanctions law. The measure would deny federal contracts to U.S. companies that do business - through foreign subsidia
NB: This is not a word for word transcript Stephen: Hello I'm Stephen. Alice: And I'm Alice. Stephen: And this is 6 Minute English. This week we're talking about social networks. In the past few years, social networking websites like Twitter and Face
Part 12 - Business socialising This programme was first broadcast in 2001. This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript of the programme. In this programme we join Carmela and business English expert David Evans, for the last in theseries of Bus
By Dan Robinson Washington 18 July 2007 A U.S. congressional panel has approved legislation aimed at supporting democracy and human rights in Ethiopia, sending the bill to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. VOA's Dan Robinson has this report from C
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 September 2007 A key congressional committee has approved legislation supporting democracy and human rights in Ethiopia. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where consideration by the House Foreign Affairs Co
President Barack Obama speaks after signing the Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010 at the White House, 11 Aug. 2010 President Obama says it is essential for the United States to import less and export more. We will rebuild this economy stronger th
Measure intends to extend health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans currently without it Kent Klein | White House 23 March 2010 President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, 23 M
Democrats in the US Congress are racing to pass health care reform legislation. Currently, people in their 20s are the largest group in the United States without health insurance. With skyrocketing health care costs, those with low incomes often cann
The U.S. Congress has adjourned ahead of mid-term elections, allowing lawmakers to return home to campaign before the key November vote. Democrats are touting their legislative achievements, while minority Republicans accuse members of the party of P
By Dan Robinson Washington 09 September 2006 Rwandan soldier guard on the outskirts of Thabit, North Darfur Influential lawmakers are expressing concern about the situation in Darfur, where a massing of Sudanese government forces has raised fears of
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 19 September 2007 Legislation that would have given detainees held by the United States the right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts has been blocked in the Senate by lawmakers arguing the measure would undermine
President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he has enough votes in the U.S. Senate to pass financial reform legislation. The president said several opposition Republicans and conservative Democrats have agreed to support the bill. President Obama said Sen
By Dan Robinson Washington 02 February 2006 House of Representatives lawmakers are proposing legislation to cut off U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority following the Hamas election victory. S
By Margaret Besheer Washington 08 March 2006 This week, the U.S. Senate will consider legislation that would define milllions of undocumented persons as felons and punish anyone who assists or encoura
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BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering the country's first national tobacco control law, according to a report released Wednesday. It is quite necessary to enact laws to control the dangers of smoking, says the report adop
To establish a more standard and transparent environment around charity donations in China and encourage involvement, the draft of the country's first charity law will be discussed during the Two Sessions. The country's first Charity Law-- a heated t
CCTV reporter Hou Na talked to lawmakers about their views and expectations on the charity law draft. The country's first Charity Law-- a heated topic during the two sessions. We see more and more people are making charity donations, it is a symbol o
Top legislator Zhang Dejiang briefed over three thousand lawmakers on the achievements in legislative work last year. The NPC Standing Committee enacted five laws, revised 37 laws and passed 17 reports. The law is of great value in the governance of