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US bicameral support for Equal Rights Amendment
Bicameral support is being gathered on Capitol Hill to get women's rights added into the Constitution.
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Bicameral support for Equal Rights Amendment
Bicameral support is being gathered on Capitol Hill to get women's rights added into the Constitution.
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Congress moves to approve free trade agreement
1. Wide of House floor
2. UPSOUND: (English) Vote results being read out:
"On this vote the yeas are 314, the nays are 109 and one member voting present. The bill is passed."
3. Wide of House floor
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Representative...
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House Speaker John Boehner says the only way to fix the health care law is to scrap it entirely. He spoke shortly before Obama revealed his plan to let insurance companies continue to sell cancelled policies for at least one more year. (Nov. 14)
House Speaker John Boehner says the only way to fix President Barack Obama's health care law is to scrap it entirely.
Boehner says the law has forced health coverage to be canceled and the costs of premiums to rise. He says the Obama...
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Obama names Gary Locke as new nominee for US commerce secretary
AP Television
Washington, DC - February 25, 2009
1. US President Barack Obama walks into room, followed by Gary Locke and Vice President Joe Biden
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, United States President:
"Last night, I outlined my...
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Election expected to bring about political change in state
Kolkata - 4 May 2009
1. Victoria Memorial, city's landmark monument
2. Street scenes with trademark Ambassador cars and trams
3. Various of crowd
Kolkata - 16 April 2009
4. Men beating traditional drums, walking ahead of campaign rally...
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AIG CEOs called before Congressional committtee
1. Wide of hearing
2. House Oversight Committee Chairman, Henry Waxman, swearing in witnesses former AIG Chief Executive Officers, Martin Sullivan (right) and Robert Willumstad (left)
3. Sullivan and Willumstad being sworn in
4....
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House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose new restrictions on private insurers and create a government-run insurance option for cost-conscious consumers.
HEADLINE: House Dems unveil health bill
CAPTION: House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose new restrictions on private insurers and create a...
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Doctors and pharmacists acquitted in trial over deaths from growth hormones
1. Various exteriors of court
2. Police and barriers holding crowds back
3. Two women waiting and talking
4. Mid of sign reading: (French) "Justice for the victims of Damocles syndrome"; tilt up to man wearing sign
5. Wide of man with...
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Historic first as Hindu woman is elected to Pakistan's senate
Pakistan has elected a woman from the country's marginalised Hindu minority to the senate for the first time ever in an election in which a Taliban-linked cleric was defeated.
Krishna Kumari Kohli, a member of the Pakistan...
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Heralding a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, President Barack Obama signed into law legislation aimed at helping unemployed veterans find work while putting more cash in the hands of companies with government contracts.
HEADLINE: Obama: Bipartisan bill helps jobless vets
CAPTION: Heralding a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, President Barack Obama signed into law legislation aimed at helping unemployed veterans find work while putting more cash in...
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Analysis: CBO Report Predicts More Uninsured
The Senate health care bill would result in 22 million more uninsured Americans over the next decade compared to current law.That's according to an analysis Monday from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.The figure may further...
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President Barack Obama signs a bill he says will help companies expand by going public and hiring more workers. For start-ups and small businesses, he said the legislation is a potential 'game-changer.'
HEADLINE: Obama: Bill a big boost for businesses
CAPTION: President Barack Obama signs a bill he says will help companies expand by going public and hiring more workers. For start-ups and small businesses, he said the legislation is a...
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Top Dem: Wheeler at EPA, just as extreme as Pruitt
Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler drew criticism at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday for his environmental rollbacks in six months on the job, with a leading Democrat calling Wheeler "just as extreme"...
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Remarks by the President at Reception Commemorating the Enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
DATELINE: 28 October 2009 Washington, DC
Remarks by the President at Reception Commemorating the Enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
East Room
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, everybody. ...
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Lawmakers Examine Daily Fantasy Sports Games
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus055289Congress on Wednesday launched a fact-finding mission into the loosely regulated world of fantasy sports games - a multibillion-dollar business that seemingly advertised everywhere during the...
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FEATURES: US: Stem Cells: Funding threat to embryonic stem-cell research.
Baltimore, Maryland; Los Angeles, California & Washington, DC; USA March 6-13, 2001
Baltimore, Maryland March 7, 2001- APTN
1. Mid view researcher looking through microscope
2. Close-up of monitor showing embryonic stem cells
3....
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Archbishop says a form of Sharia Law inevitable for UK
1. Wide of archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams speaking
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury:
''The title of this series of lectures signals the existence of what is very widely felt to be a growing...
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spent a second day on Capitol Hill, testifying before the Senate Budget Committee. Among other things, Yellen spelled out her views on the long-term decline in the labor participation rate. (May 8)
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One day after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill that the job market is "far from satisfactory," she testified a second time, this time...
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Lawmakers Examine Daily Fantasy Sports Games
Congress on Wednesday launched a fact-finding mission into the loosely regulated world of fantasy sports games - a multibillion-dollar business that seemingly advertised everywhere during the pro football season.Lawmakers at a House...
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Conservative justices on Tuesday sharply questioned whether the government can force Americans to carry health insurance, wondering if Congress might next force people to buy broccoli.
HEADLINE Raw Audio: Justices question insurance mandate
CAPTION: Conservative justices on Tuesday sharply questioned whether the government can force Americans to carry health insurance, wondering if Congress might next force people to...
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Appearing before a Senate committee Tuesday, Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, says the government's health care web site has improved since its widely panned launch a month ago, and is still improving. (Nov. 5)
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A senior government official declined to say Tuesday if the administration will support legislation to fulfill President Barack Obama's oft-stated promise that anyone who likes their health...
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A judge friday refused to dismiss the sexual assault case against a former California vice principal accused of sexually assaulting a student, who later allegedly posted a confrontation about the acts on YouTube. (April 18)
A judge on Friday refused to dismiss sexual assault charges against an educator who was confronted with the allegations of abuse in a phone call by a former student who then posted the conversation on YouTube.
Andrea Cardosa, a...
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WRAP Pakistan condemns UK knighthood to Rushdie, UK ambo, file ADDS minister
AP Television
Islamabad - 18 June 2007
1. Wide exterior of the Pakistan parliament
2. Close of the Pakistani flag
3. Close of traffic sign which reads in English and Urdu: Parliament House (arrow pointing left) National Library (arrow...