A conference committee to adjust differences between the two houses would be awkward, because its action would have to be approved by the Senate, and thus risk another filibuster

要两院协商委员会来调解两个议院之间的歧见是麻烦事，因为这种行动要得到参议院批准，那样就要另冒一次以冗长演说阻碍议事进行的危险。

Add in the occasional support of some conservative Democrats, and Mr Bush is close to the 60 votes necessary to survive a delaying filibuster procedure-a huge achievement and advantage.

再加上一些保守的民主党成员偶尔也会支持布什，布什在参议院能够获得接近60票，足以使参议院无法有意拖延议案的通过。这是一个巨大的成功和优势。

The filibuster

（发表）冗长演说（阻挠议程）

||1: One thing that may surprise readers not fully acquainted with the grisly nature of political sausage-making is the degree of cynicism that surrounded the passing of the Recovery Act. ||2: It was naive of Mr Obama to expect the Republicans to play ball. ||3: But because he needed to win at least a couple of their votes in the Senate to break the threat of a filibuster , he tried hard to court them. ||4: Mr Grunwald lays out in shocking detail how the Republican leadership decided early and wholeheartedly not to co-operate with the new president. ||5: So deep was their opposition that they even opposed things that they supposedly supported, such as the Recovery Act’s deep tax cuts and its emphasis on infrastructure.

||1:有些读者对于政治“裹香肠”那可憎的特性并不完全了解。他们可能会感到惊奇——针对《复苏法案》的通过，政界存在严重的犬儒主义。||2:如果奥巴马期待能与共和党合作，他就太天真了。||3:但他需要在参议院赢得至少部分共和党的选票，以避免自己的议案遭到阻挠。因此，他极力取悦共和党人。||4:格伦沃尔德清楚地提及了共和党领导层是如何早早决定完全不与新总统合作的，细节所到令人震惊。||5:共和党的反对情绪极为强烈，以至于本应支持的观点，他们都加以反对——如《复苏法案》所主张的深度减税、强调基础设施等等。

What Is This ‘Filibuster ’ Americans Are Talking About?

美国人说的冗长演说和核选择是什么意思？

Democrats, who in general do not support Gorsuch, are threatening to filibuster . And Republicans, who support him, are threatening to use the nuclear option.

一般不会支持戈萨奇的民主党人威胁要发表冗长演说阻挠议程。而支持戈萨奇的共和党人威胁要使用核选择。

In the days leading up to the Senate’s decision, many people are arguing about the vote. Two words especially are coming up: filibuster and nuclear option.

在参议院即将做出决定前的几天，很多人都为这次投票争论不休。冒出来两个特别字眼：冗长演说和核选择。

NIA hopes to see Rand Paul filibuster any attempts by the U. S. Senate to raise the ceiling on our national debt.

NIA希望看到保罗阻止美国参议院提高美国国债上限任何企图。

Her support would probably give Mr Obama the 60 votes he needs in the upper chamber to see off a Republican filibuster .

OlympiaSnowe支持的表决有可能会让奥巴马赢得他希望得到的上议院60张的选票，这样以此可以来压制共和党人的阻挠。

In the Senate, Republicans have just enough votes to mount a filibuster and block bills.

参议院内共和党人票数刚好够动用阻挠议事程序，终止法案。

Senator Robert Byrd, who was handling the proposal, was adamant that if we didn’t bend, we could break the filibuster .

处理这项提案的参议员罗伯特.伯德态度明确，他说如果我们不屈服，就可以打破议事阻挠手段。

Of course, these pages were less eager to abolish the filibuster when the idea was floated by the Republicans in 2005, but put that aside.

当然，当共和党在2005年首次提出那问题的时候，论战并不急于废除冗长的政治演说陋习，不过这是后话。

The filibuster procedure in the US Senate has been used over many years to prevent decisions on many sensible matters.

多年来，美国参议院的“冗长辩论”（filibuster）程序被用于阻止在很多敏感事情上的决定。

The reconciliation bill was part of the Democratic leadership’s parliamentary manoeuvre to avoid a filibuster in the Senate.

该议案是民主党为在众议会取得领导地位所采取行动的一部分，以避免参议会的阻挠。

The Republicans can hope to pick up 4 seats, reducing the Democrats from their present filibuster-proof 60 (counting independents) to 56.

共和党可以指望获得4个席位，从而把民主党的席位从目前的60席（包括无党派人士）——足以防止共和党通过冗长发言阻碍议案通过——降至56席。

She recently threatened a filibuster to kill legislation that would have increased industry liability in the event of a spill.

她最近曾暗示会阻止针对石油天然气行业的立法，以避免其在此次漏油事件中承担更多责任。

In theory, Republicans could mount a filibuster , but blocking a judge is not like blocking a law.

理论上，共和党可以为这份名单设置障碍，但是，妨碍最高法官候选名单的通过并不像阻碍一项法律的通过。

Weekly Address: President Obama Says GOP Senate Leadership Choosing to “Filibuster Our Recovery and Obstruct Our Progress”

每周电视讲话：奥巴马总统称共和党参议院领导层选择“妨碍和阻挠经济复苏进程”

one that is big enough to make it extremely hard for the Republicans to block legislation by use of the filibuster .

民主党人在两院占有的比例大到足够可以使共和党人想通过议事阻挠来阻止立法变得极其困难。

The bill will need several Republican votes to pass, with Democrats already one vote shy of a filibuster-proof majority.

民主党现在离达到“讨论终结”还差一票，要想通过该议案，必须再获得几个共和党参议员的支持。

It would take just one Republican to give Mr. Reid the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and open debate.

目前还需要再有一名共和党人支持，Reid才能获得通过议案所需的60张选票并展开讨论。

fell victim to a Republican filibuster in the Senate

却遭参议院共和党用阻挠议事程序扼杀。

Next week, however, members of the upper legislative house may override the filibuster to support a deeply dangerous idea.

然而，下周参议院可能越过这一程序，来支持一个极为危险的想法。

The response is the filibuster and, as my colleague James Fallows has so aptly pointed out, the media myth of “false equivalence. ”

然而这一呼唤的反应却是议事的阻扰和，如我同事詹姆斯·法洛斯巧妙地指出的，媒体“假均等”的谎言。

If all of them choose to support a filibuster , then you take it to the American people and show the obstructionists for what they are.

如果他们人人都选择支持国会拖延方案，那么你可以向美国人民展示这些阻碍者到底是什么人。

Having failed to overcome the 60-vote hurdle to end a Senate filibuster , Mr Obama watched his $450bn jobs bill grind to a halt last week.

上周，由于未能在参议院获得60票来结束杯葛议事的“冗长辩论”（filibuster）行径，奥巴马眼睁睁地看着自己的4500亿美元就业法案停止推进。

NDP MPs will need to start saving their breath if they hope to stave off privatisation with a filibuster .

新民主党议员如果希望通过演讲来暂时阻止私有化，那么他们需要开始休养生息了。

A bathroom break at four in the morning terminated the senator’s filibuster and his motion was defeated.

一个浴室在凌晨4点钟时的损坏，终于停止了该参议员的阻挠议案通过的行动，于是他的行动就宣告失败。

Some frustrated Democrats have even suggested doing away with the filibuster , a much bigger step towards simple majority rule.

一些被阻挠过的民主党议员甚至曾建议废除“阻挠议事策略”，更加大刀阔斧地向简单多数法则的确立推进。

Having lost their supermajority in the Senate, the Democrats resorted to a questionable budget procedure to defeat a filibuster .

由于失去了在参议院中的绝对多数，民主党不得不借助一套值得商榷的预算系统来战胜那些阻碍议事进程的人。