Immigration, Health Care Could Divide Republicans
08/07/2013
The chamber of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Welcome again to As It Is from VOA Learning English. I’m Mario Ritter.
Here in Washington, the U.S. Congress is not in session. That means lawmakers are not meeting for business. So it is a good time to consider the debate over reform that has been taking place in the nation’s capital in recent months.
“Wasting the country’s time by taking something like 40 meaningless votes . . .”
“We are not just making noise.”
Today on our program, we talk with VOA’s national correspondent about two reform issues that have the country’s major political parties -- the Democrats and Republicans -- locked in heated debate. We also explore why this is causing division in the Republican Party.
Reform Issues May Divide Republicans
Political differences are nothing new to Washington and neither are public opinion studies. Recent surveys suggest that a large majority of Americans disapprove of the job that Congress is doing. A recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll shows that Congress has an 83 percent disapproval rate.
Democrats and Republicans have been struggling to find common ground on several very important issues. The Republicans control the House of Representatives, while the Democrats hold the Senate. The result is that many bills cannot pass both houses of Congress.
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