Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.

今天的听证会仅仅是立法程序的第一步。

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The civil customs, as an important part of the local legislative resources, deserve due attention in the legislative process.

民事习惯作为本土资源中重要的一部分，在立法过程中应该引起我们的足够重视。

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Through reviewing the legislative process concerning foreign Banks in United States, we can find its overall trend that evolves from unilateral reciprocity to standard of national treatment.

考察美国外资银行国民待遇标准的立法进程可以看出，其总的发展趋势是从最初的单方优惠逐渐向国民待遇演变。

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"Having said that, one of the tricks here is to try and get something done in time for the legislative process - that is the United States Senate and the Duma in Russia - to approve whatever they do before the START-1 treaty expires in December,".

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He said he had always believed that royal interventions in the legislative process were "rare".

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"There's a lot of traffic in the legislative process right now, " he said.

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As right-hand to Kaufman after Biden became VP, he was intimately involved in the legislative process that resulted in the Dodd-Frank Act.

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