So the dymaxion house -- which could have provided low-cost housing for everyone -- was never built.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The House of Representatives was controlled by members of the Free Soil Party, which opposed slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

In summertime, which can get very hot in Washington, President Lincoln used a country house.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

A common design looks like a high tunnel.Unlike a greenhouse, which uses a heating system, a hoop house is heated by the warmth of the sun.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The road on which we are walking passes through the house.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

"Mr.Vice President, Mr.Speaker,members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: "Yesterday,December seventh,nineteen forty-one -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

"Her unfavorable rating is usually in the high 40s to low 50s, which,for a speaker of the House is really,really extraordinary."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

So far,three House committees have approved versions of health care reform, which would be melded together into a single bill.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The measures need the approval of the country's upper house of parliament, the Senate, which the government does not control.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

The House of Representatives also dropped funding for Guantanamo's closure in its version of the war funding legislation, which passed last week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The camps,which are meant to house only people fleeing wars, at least have some food and shelter.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Interrupting that cycle was a primary goal of President Obama's massive economic-stimulus package, which he championed almost immediately upon entering the White House.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Sunday's election gave the LDP 119 out of the 480 seats up for grabs in Japan's lower house, which selects the country's prime minister.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

"Every single house on the West Bank which was occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem,is illegal,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

She is on trial for violating the terms of the house arrest under which the government has held her for 14 of the past 20 years.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

The White House says President Barack Obama is considering four options, which range from following General McChrystal's advice to sending as few as 10,000 to 15,000 troops.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

I could count them on two fingers." There has been more support for a government-run health insurance program in the House of Representatives, which has a larger Democratic majority.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Late Thursday, the Democratic-led House and Senate voted in support of the administration's budget framework, which calls for higher spending on domestic programs like education and health care reform.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Neither official would provide any insight into the closed-door White House deliberations on the way forward in Afghanistan, which are expected to be concluded within the next few weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

The White House says that among the issues the president will discuss with BP officials will be the size of the fund, which would be administered by a third party.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

Earlier in the day, the president spoke by phone with Russian President Medvedev, which the White House noted was the 14th direct meeting or phone conversation on the new treaty.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

In his speech Friday, President Obama referred again to criticisms Republicans have made of the health-care reform legislation, separate versions of which were approved last year by the House and Senate.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"But we have a bunch of related support programs as well." One of the facilities Abbott helps manage is Bridge House, which offers women refuge with their own bathrooms, kitchens and living spaces.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The president meets Wednesday with Senate Democrats, as the budget committee there and in the House of Representatives begin "marking up" budget resolutions, which form the framework for appropriations and other important legislation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The members of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament introduced a motion to impeach the president this weekend, which if successfully passed by the majority would require a two-thirds vote in the Upper House of Parliament to finish the impeachment.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07