And it said each southern state must approve an amendment to the United States Constitution that gave citizenship to blacks.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

And the telephone companies in the United State, generally about 200 billion dollars a year carrying long distance telephone conversations and they thought this conversations might be carried for free over the internet was quite shocking to them. Of course free is very low price, and they are not like it to be free.

美国的各电话公司，一般大约有每年2千亿美元,来自长途电话会话，他们认为,这些会话有可能通过互联网免费传输,对他们来说是相当震惊的，当然了,免费是很低的价格了，他们不希望它免费。

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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

After the end of the Bank of the United States, there was little control of any kind over the state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

He served for 8 years in the Illinois state Senate before voters elected him to the United States Senate in 2004.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

In the trial, two same-sex couples argue that the state ban violates equal protection rights under the United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

The young policeman thought anyone who claimed to be the emperor of the United State might be a danger to the public.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

In the early years of the United States, it was the western part of the state of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

He was thrown from a taxi. After recovering, he moved to the state of Kansas, and met United States Senator Sam Brownback.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state the first to approve the new United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

In the summer of eighteen fifty-eight, two candidates campaigned across the state of Illinois for a seat in the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Since the closing of the Bank of the United States, the government had kept its money in a number of state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Then,as the American Civil War began, the Virginia state government voted to rebel against the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The state governor freed her, but only after the United States Senate ordered an investigation into conditions in the West Virginia coal fields.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

She also spoke before the United State Congress many times to appeal for aid for needy children.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

In 1864, a United States senator called for legislation to give the Yosemite Valley to the state of California as a public park.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Glenn became famous. He later was elected to the United States Senate from the state of Ohio.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

On Tuesday,the United States will hold congressional and state elections in a year defined by voter dissatisfaction.

VOA: special.2010.10.28

He served in the United States Senate from the state of Massachusetts for almost forty-seven years.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He spoke at Arizona State University in Tempe and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Nine years later,in eighteen forty-five, the United States Congress passed a resolution inviting the Republic of Texas to join the Union as a state.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Some civilians were killed. The United States army finally seized government buildings in the state capital.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Secretary of State Blaine wanted to increase trade between the United States and other countries.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Barbara Fick is an extension agent at Oregon State University in the northwestern United States.

VOA: special.2011.06.28

Mister Obama announced his candidacy for president of the United States on Abraham Lincoln's birthday in front of the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield,Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

It said all persons born or naturalized in the United States were citizens of the United States and of the state in which they lived.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The Bank of the United States also helped to control the smaller state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Former United States Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia was the Confederate secretary of state.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

The report is called "The State of the Birds United States Two Thousand Nine."

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Candice wants to know if there is a state religion in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.05.22