US Senate Votes to Open Debate on Immigration Bill From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. Earlier this week, the United States Senate voted to begin debate on a historic immigration bill. The proposed law would offer a chance for more than 1...
AMERICAN STORIES - Children's Story: 'Pecos Bill' Now, the Special English Program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The description...
India's powerful lower house of parliament has passed a landmark anti-corruption bill that seeks to create an independent ombudsman with powers to investigate corruption charges against bureaucrats and politicians. The bill was passed Tuesday followi...
Obama Signs Compromise Debt Ceiling Bill President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, averting a potential government default only hours before the deadline. The president called the bill an important first st...
President Barack Obama says Congress can find a bipartisan solution to prevent an August 2 government default. But White House officials are highly critical of Fridays changes in Republican legislation to raise the borrowing limit. White House Press...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill tying an increase in the federal borrowing limit to deep spending cuts, limits on future spending, and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. The Republican-sponsored measu...
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Broadcast: Feb 6, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the Unite...
Lesson 25 Text A A Ten-Dollar Bill Sam waited patiently in the long line at the grocery store. He had come to pick up a few items for his mother. He often did Chores for his parents after school. He e...
Lesson 21 Text A Bill Is Very Rude Bill is in Victor's house and he is sitting down. He is leaning back and he has put his feet on the table. Bill is very rude. VICTOR: Would you mind° taking your fe...
