"We have become a nation of extremes, at least within our government, with the liberals on the Democratic side and the conservatives on the Republican side over-represented in the Congress of the United States."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"We in the Congress have a duty to tackle this problem, but the solution we settle upon should not be rushed, and the solution should not be worse than the problem we are trying to solve,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"There is always that dynamic to international trade and economic negotiations where the administration goes and says to the other country, 'Well,if you don't do this, then I can't tell you what the crazies in the Congress might do!'" In April,the administration will have to take a very public stand on the controversy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Both became lawyers. They each served in the Illinois state legislature before serving one term in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

The activists gained national attention by protesting the health care reform efforts of President Obama and the Democrats in Congress.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

It was free because Congress -- in the Missouri Compromise of Eighteen Twenty -- made slavery illegal in that area.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The United States did,too. In eighteen seventy-three, Congress passed a law that stopped the government from using silver as money.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

In the nineteen sixties, he was one of the first Democrats in the United States Congress to oppose the party leadership.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

The name honors Mister Sarbanes, the Senator who led the campaign for the project in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Walter Trifari, the head brewer, says the style is based on an old recipe found in the Library of Congress.

VOA: special.2011.08.01

He said: "If my men starve in the streets of Washington, the smell of their bodies will force Congress to act."

VOA: special.2010.06.24

In this way, the case could be settled without deciding on the power of Congress to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

In his first message to Congress, President Arthur asked for changes in the way government jobs were filled.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

The president would have become, in effect,a prime minister, requiring the support of Congress to remain in office.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Proposals to raise their taxes to help pay for the plan face objections, and not just from the Republican minority in Congress.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

For example, a newspaper might comment that a bill that was not popular passed in Congress because the supporters bulldozed the opposition.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

The administration sent its general ideas to Congress in what it called "A Blueprint for Reform" to develop the next education law.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

The Obama administration is seeking four hundred million dollars in immediate assistance from Congress to help Pakistan fight the insurgency within its borders.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

She says another important effort is a bill proposed this year in Congress: the Community Choice Act.

VOA: special.2009.08.15

This is because people who live in Washington,D.C., have no voting representation in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

The president and his Democratic allies in Congress finally won the battle after more than a year.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Democrats in Congress say spending for the new bill will not add to the federal budget deficit.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

But insurance companies and conservatives in Congress say the so-called public option would mean unfair competition.

VOA: special.2009.09.12