上周，此提案在州参议院的交通委员会投票中以8—0全体通过。
Last week, the bill cleared the state senate's transportation committee with an 8-0 vote.
道路修建承包商的游说者在州参议院的代表是诺克斯·纳尔逊，他是一位老谋深算的议员，本人就是一个道路承包商，他希望得到修建道路的资金，但是并不真正关心如何筹集这笔资金。
The highway lobby was represented in the Senate by Knox Nelson, a wily legislator and road contractor himself, who wanted the money but didn't really care how it was raised.
由于每个州都有两名参议员，因而乡村地区在参议院就有了更多代表，这样农民也就占了很大优势。
Because there are two senators for every state, rural states are over-represented in the Senate and farmers intend to take full advantage.
南卡州参议院Jim DeMint指责这个法案“提高了死亡税”(法案只是在2010年暂停了房地产税，实际上这个税种得到了恢复，只是比原计划中恢复得少)。
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina complains that the deal "raises the death tax" (in fact it would reinstate the estate tax, suspended in 2010 only, at a lower level than planned).
尽管他为家乡所在州争取了资金，因而得以在1970年再次参加竞选，但是，眼前的丑闻带来的后果却使他失去了参议院督导员的职位。
Though his record of bringing funds into his home state secured him re-election in 1970, the immediate fallout from the scandal was to cost him his position as Senate whip.
在参议院，由来自康涅狄格州的参议员克里斯都得起草的法案暂时被搁置。
In the Senate, the legislation on the table was crafted by Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut.
参议院宣布我无罪六天后，我去了新罕布什尔州庆祝我在该州赢得初选胜利七周年。
Six days after my acquittal in the Senate, I had gone to New Hampshire to celebrate the seventh anniversary of my New Hampshire primary.
在2009年，德克萨斯州参议院就通过了类似的法案，如今他们打算再来一回。
The Senate passed a similar bill in 2009 and is expected to do so again.
在肯塔基州，保罗先生的儿子兰特，一个眼科医生，正在竞选共和党参议院议员提名并且威胁说要击败该党在此地区受欢迎的候选人。
In Kentucky Mr Paul's son Rand, an ophthalmologist, is running for the Republican Senate nomination and threatening to defeat the party's preferred candidate there.
参议院随后投票禁止布拉戈耶维奇在伊利诺伊州担任公职。
The senators then voted to bar Mr. Blagojevich from public office in Illinois.
共和党在参议院银行委员会的资深议员、来自阿拉巴马州的理查德.谢尔比，对有关奥巴马的经济计划采取观望态度。
The ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, Richard Shelby of Alabama, is taking a wait-and-see approach regarding the Obama economic program.
马塞诸塞州的上一个参议院空缺席位还是在1984年，当时保尔·琼格斯决定不再竞选参议员。
Massachusetts last had an open seat in 1984, when Paul Tsongas decided not to run for re-election.
1月19日马萨诸塞州的参议院选举出人意料的激烈，这说明美国仍然在寻求改变，而奥巴马并非唯一能带来改变的人。
Thesurprisingly narrow Senate contest in Massachusetts on Jan. 19 seemedto nail home the point: America still wants change, and Obama is notthe only vehicle.
1858年，美国联邦参议院候选人林肯和道格拉斯在伊利诺伊州进行了多次辩论，双方在辩论中各自提出自己的观点。 后来，人们把这种辩论方式称为林肯-道格拉斯式的辩论。
The style of debating where each side presents an argument gets its name from the 1858 debates in Illinois between U.S. Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
10月1日, 这项法案被修改后的版本以74票对25票在参议院通过,唯一没有投票的是饱受癌症折磨的马萨诸塞州参议员泰德·肯尼迪.
On October 1, a revised compromise version was approved by the Senate with a 74-25 vote, the sole Senator not to vote was cancer-stricken Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
在二月份，Perry先生连同副州长以及州参议院发言人(都是共和党人)要求各地州机关设法削减5%的预算。
In February Mr Perry, along with the lieutenant-governor and the speaker of the Texas House, all Republicans, directed state agencies to find ways to cut their budgets by 5%.
这项议案，同时为犹他州创造了一个额外的席位，并且在参议院通过了废除城市枪支限制法律的修正案。
The bill, which would have also created an extra seat for Utah, had passed the Senate but with an amendment that would have repealed the city's strict gun-control laws. See article.
选择johnperez在本月晚些时候成为加州州参议院的新任发言人，这一决定曾被视为某种突破——只是因为他公开的同性恋身份。
The choice of John perez to take over as the new speaker of California's state assembly later this month has been hailed as something of a breakthrough-but only because Mr Perez is openly gay.
大约同一时期的一位缅因州的参议员弗莱（WilliamP. Frye）曾哀叹：“在我们这个权威的机构中，有一些人通过购买的方式来获取自己的参议院席位。”
Around the same time, a senator from Maine named William P. Frye lamented that “there are several in our distinguished body who hold their seats by purchase.”
共和党在威斯康辛州议会和参议院都占多数。
Republicans have majorities in both the Wisconsin Senate and the state Assembly.
罗德岛允许同性婚姻的法案目前正在等待州参议院的表态。昨天，该法案在众议院得到了压倒性的支持。
A bill that would allow gay marriage in Rhode Island is now in the hands of State Senate. The measure received an overwhelming support in the House yesterday.
这项议案，同时为犹他州创造了一个额外的席位，并且在参议院通过了废除城市枪支限制法律的修正案。
The bill, which would have also created an extra seat for Utah, had passed the Senate but with an amendment that would have repealed the city's strict gun-control laws.
共和党赢得在马萨诸塞州的参议院特别选举。
The republicans won the special senate election in Massachusetts.
科罗拉多州参议员科里·加德纳在参议院发表讲话。
最终在1974年的第三次竞选中，俄亥俄州选择了格伦进入美国参议院。
Finally, in 1974, on his third attempt, Ohio elected John Glenn to the U. S. Senate.
他还担任一些条款在新的纽约州参议院。
来自阿拉巴马州的理查德。谢尔比参议员就是持反对意见的共和党人之一。他坚决地表示要阻止有关法案在参议院获得通过。
Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama is among several Republicans who are vowing to block the bill from advancing in the Senate.
在返回科德角的别墅后，马塞诸赛州参议院特德肯尼迪表示：“在家感觉很好。”
It's good to be home. " That's from Senator Ted Kennedy after he returned to his family's compound on Cape Cod."
在返回科德角的别墅后，马塞诸赛州参议院特德肯尼迪表示：“在家感觉很好。”
It's good to be home. " That's from Senator Ted Kennedy after he returned to his family's compound on Cape Cod."
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