In an off-year election seen by some political pundits as a measure of support for President Barak Obama's popularity after his first year in office, the opposition Republicans have picked up the state house in two formerly Democratic states.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Milton has shown so much promise. He possessed so many obvious talents that could be poured into the profession for which he was so clearly suited the profession of the ministry but Milton was remaining at his father's house in what seemed like a perpetual state of humiliating self-infantilization.

弥尔顿表现出了很大的决心,他拥有那么多,这个职业需要的天赋,例如牧师,而弥尔顿却选择呆在他父亲的房子里,像是一种永远羞耻的不成熟状态。

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Ugandan Minister of Defense, Crispus Kiyonga, said the African Union force, composed of 2,590 Ugandan troops and 1,600 from Burundi, has so far been able to defend the transitional government's state house, Mogadishu port and airport, but said reinforcements to al-Shabaab have created a difficult situation.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

So, for the first time in state history, the Illinois House of Representatives in Springfield voted Friday to impeach the governor.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

A hoop house specialist at Michigan State University, Adam Montri,has videos on YouTube explaining how to build one.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Throughout the south and middle-west, they succeeded in electing agricultural candidates as governors, state legislators,Senators, and members of the House of Representatives.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

The results decide how many seats each state will have in the House of Representatives.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

I left Madame Vulpes' house in a state of painful excitement.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Both the White House and the State Department say Webb is not carrying any specific message from U.S.President Barack Obama.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

A formal dinner for Mr.Singh and his wife at the White House will conclude the state visit.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

The talks were also meant to help both countries prepare for the upcoming state visit by Mr.Singh to the White House next month.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Forty-two-year-old Renu Bose came to New Delhi from her village in West Bengal state to work as a house maid, two years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

House of Representatives, where the number of seats is based on each state's official population.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

After the measure passed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S.does not believe the full House of Representatives will or should vote on the resolution.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Laws vary by state, so U.S.House of Representatives is considering a bill that would allow all former prisoners to vote in federal elections after they have completed their sentences.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Meanwhile,the House Financial Services Committee took a step to make it easier for U.S.state governments and individual investors to divest from Iran, removing the threat of lawsuits for those doing so.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

As the House Appropriations Committee voted to send a State Department and foreign aid funding bill to the full House of Representatives, Democrat Nita Lowey voiced congressional solidarity with demonstrators in Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

The Obama administration opposed the resolution. After the measure passed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration does not believe the full House of Representatives will or should vote on the resolution.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Mitchell's scheduled visit to Damascus was preceded by two trips there since March by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and White House National Security Council Middle East expert Daniel Shapiro.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Clinton said Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh, with whom she met earlier Monday, had accepted an invitation from President Obama to visit the White House November 24 for the first official state visit for the Obama administration.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20