The last time any Republican legislators went back on their word and voted for a tax rise, in 2008, they were ostracised by their party.

共和党立法人员最后一次履行诺言投票给提高税收还是在2008年，这导致他们受到了自己政党的排斥。

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Google, Yahoo, Facebook, legislators , and some key personalities like Internet pioneer Vint Cerf have opposed the SOPA legislation.

谷歌，雅虎，Facebook，一些立法者和公众人物，如互联网之父温特·瑟夫均反对SOPA法案。

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The legislators disagreed about a proposal to reduce the fuel-thirst of American cars.

关于减少美国小车油耗的提议，立法者意见不一。

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Legislators on Capitol Hill and President Obama's economic team have been quietly researching the policy for several weeks.

国会山的立法者和奥巴马总统的经济小组几个星期以来在静静地研究这项政策建议。

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The country's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of nine legislators who support Mr Uribe and who are accused of such links.

国家最高法院已下令逮捕几名支持乌里韦的立法委员，他们因与此事件有关而遭起诉。

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There is little doubtthat Congress will prevent that cut, but it is uncertain whattrade-offs legislators might demand in return.

毫无疑问，国会将阻止该削减，但目前尚不能确定立法者如何取舍可能要求的回报。

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Legislators in Washington haveimplementeda drug-benefit plan to help seniors buy their medicines.

华盛顿的立法者已经通过了一项药物受益计划让长者可以有能力买药物。

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They are better paid, better qualified and more influential than the regulators. Legislators are easily seduced by booms and lobbies.

金融家报酬更高、资历更深、影响力比起政策制定者来说也较大，立法者很容易受到经济繁荣和游说集团的诱惑。

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Legislators are soliciting opinions on the draft of an animal abuse law, Chongqing Evening News reported.

据《重庆晚报》报道，我国《反虐待动物法（意见稿）》目前正在征集意见过程中。

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Tech firms may hope that self-regulation will keep legislators at bay.

科技公司也许会希望通过自我约束让立法者无计可施。

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The tax could be sold to reluctant legislators as a progressive tax on the wealthy.

可以说动那些不热心议员的是认为该税属征收于富人的累进税。

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Legislators from both parties wrung concessions from Hank Paulson, the treasury secretary, to provide necessary political cover.

来自两党的议员从财政保尔森那里榨取一些妥协来向公众提供必要的政治籍口。

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Surelythe legislators do not mean to heap still more pain on to the poor?

立法机构确实无意再给穷人身上施加更多的痛苦么？

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Legislators are likely to create a fund to compensate broadcasters who have to move channels.

立法者可能会设立基金，以补偿需要挪动频道的电视广播商。

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Moreover, a consensus has emerged about the reforms still needed: longer term limits for legislators ;

另外，人们对于仍需进行的改革达成了一致意见：议员任期延长；

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The nation's outdated infrastructure is a major dilemma but one that doesn't feel as pressing to most voters and legislators .

美国的基础设施已经过时，如此巨大的困境却没让多少选民和议员产生紧迫感。

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In the Peruvian capital of Lima, legislators gather with child workers in an event calling for an end to child labor in the country.

秘鲁的立法者在首都利马召开关于童工的会议，呼吁该国取消童工现象。

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Democratic Hispanic legislators oppose separating them for fear of losing business support for comprehensive reform.

民主党拉美裔议员反对将其分开处理担心因此失去商界对全面改革的支持。

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Mr. Mugabe had been jeered and heckled by MDC legislators Tuesday during his opening address at parliament.

穆加贝星期二在议会开始发表演说时，争取民主变革运动的议员对他讥讽起哄。

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The Southern Pacific bribed and cajoled legislators , judges, journalists and mayors.

南太平洋铁路公司贿赂、诱骗立法委员、法官、记者和市长们。

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State legislators routinely push for changes, and a bill to establish no-fault divorce in New York is under review.

纽约州的立法者们已经多次要求变革这项法令，而一项取消提交婚姻过失的纽约州离婚议案正在审议当中。

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Illinois's legislators , however, say they are not holding a criminal trial. They are merely judging whether the governor abused his power.

然而，伊利诺伊州的立法委员们表示，他们并不打算举行一场刑事审判，而仅仅只是想确认一下州长先生是否滥用了他的权力。

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However, in some parts of the UK, legislators are taking an interest.

然而，在英国的一些地区，国会议员对这个问题产生了兴趣。

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After that he will gather legislators together over the summer to work on the details of a bill for introduction in the autumn.

然后，他将召集议员在今年下半年开始依照实施计划的细节展开工作。

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PANIC is palpable among legislators of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Japan is on the verge of an historic change of government.

日本正濒临历史性政治变化的边缘，真实的恐慌在执政的自民党（LDP）议员之间蔓延。

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In Texas, where Mr Bush was governor in the 1990s, legislators meet for less than five months, every other year.

上世纪九十年代曾于小布什担任州长的德克萨斯州（Texas），每隔一年举行一次的立法会议，与会时间不会超过五个月。

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Indeed, one of the Hong Kong legislators turned away on March 15th is general secretary of an umbrella union group.

事实上，其中一名在3月15日被遣返的香港立法会议员就是香港工会的秘书长。

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So Mr Schwarzenegger wants legislators to dust off an alternative system proposed by a bipartisan commission last year.

所以Schwarzenegger先生希望立法者们重新起用一套不同的系统，该系统由一个两党共组的委员会在去年提出。

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So legislators are already shuffling their bills before they convene in January.

所以议员们在一月份聚集之前就已经将他们的议案相互交换。

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All this has meant that legislators have been left with ever less discretion over their budgets.

所有这些意味着州议会制定预算的权力日益减少。

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