Republican Jeb Hensarling says changes agreed to by Democrats and Republicans have improved the measure,adding that it should attract strong bipartisan support when it comes up for a vote in the House.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Experts say the best way to prevent the diseases carried by mosquitoes is not to be bitten by one.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

He wanted to make English easier to understand by listeners of VOA broadcasts whose native language was not English.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

He was adding to his earnings by selling short stories and by working from time to time on movies in Hollywood.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

But you do have to remember by butterflying, you are cutting down the overall height of that root ball.

VOA: special.2011.04.19

As a boy,Carl said he knew if it was time to go to school by the sound of a train.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

The delegates in Rome promised to continue efforts to reduce by half the number of hungry people by two thousand fifteen.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Democrats in the Senate have lost their sixty-vote supermajority needed to block any effort by Republicans to kill legislation.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

This medicine seems to work by governing the activity of a chemical involved in information processing, storage and memory.

VOA: special.2011.02.08

But this home contains over 2,000 pieces of art organized from room to room by period and by geography.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

He also believed that showing love to babies by hugging and kissing them would make them happier and more secure.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

I was not old enough to get the official document that would permit me to drive by myself.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Huge herds of cattle were brought there from western states to be transported by railroad to markets in the eastern United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

The House Democratic leader, Speaker Sam Rayburn, invited a friend to come by his office for a drink.

VOA: special.2011.07.28