另一位国会议员在获得仅仅18张多数票的情况下保住了位子。

Another congressman clung on with a majority of only 18.

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两周之前号召布什和国会帮助汽车业者的奥巴马，昨天站在了国会的一边，他说，“我们不能只给汽车行业一张空白支票。”

Obama, who a fortnight ago called on Bush and the Congress to help carmakers, sided yesterday with congressional leaders. "We cannot just write a blank cheque to the auto industry, " he said.

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事实上，国会预算办公室预计，到2030年，一张代金券的价值只相当与我们所知的“医保”等价的私营保险单费的三分之一。

In fact the Congressional Budget Office estimates that by 2030 the value of a voucher would cover only a third of the cost of a private insurance policy equivalent to Medicare as we know it.

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