By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 September 2006 Legislation imposing sanctions against the government of Sudan and Arab militia responsible for killing tens of thousands of people in Darfur, has been approved by Congress. The House of Representatives...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 September 2006 Congress has returned to work after a long summer break, as Republicans and Democrats begin a hectic few weeks of legislative activity before leaving again to campaign for November congressional electio...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 July 2006 The Bush administration has endorsed legislation to change U.S. law to accommodate a controversial anti-terrorism surveillance program that some critics have called illegal. A Senate hearing focused on the i...
By Jim Malone Washington 19 July 2006 The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the Bush administration's plans to use military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is the latest example of how one branch of the U.S. government can check...
By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 19 July 2006 watch Minimum Wage report U.S. law has guaranteed most workers a minimum wage since the 1930s. The last increase in the wage was in 1997. Now Democrats in the U.S. Congress say it's time for another raise....
By Deborah Tate Washington 18 July 2006 The Bush administration's nuclear accord with the Indian government was the focus of a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, with witnesses underscoring the benefits to both the United States and India. ---------...
By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 17 July 2006 watch Net Neutrality report Recently the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee rejected a provision called Net neutrality that would have kept Internet network owners such as Comcast and A.T.T. from creating prem...
By Jim Malone Washington 21 June 2006 Iraq is expected to be a central issue in the November congressional elections in the United States. As VOA national correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington, both major political parties are shaping the...
By Mil Arcega Washington 11 July 2006 Watch Offshore Drilling report The United States House of Representatives has passed a controversial measure designed to lift a 25-year ban on oil drilling in U.S. coastal areas. As VOA's Mil Arcega reports, env...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 25 April 2006 The Tenth Party Congress of Vietnam's Communist Party has reelected General Secretary Nong Duc Manh for a second five-year term. The Congress selected a new Poli...