The Senate is now in the process of using reconciliation — rule by simple majority — to try to pass health care.

现在，参议院正在试图通过和谐化（reconciliation）——简单多数人的统治——来通过医改法案。

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It was only passed through Congress by a weak majority, so we can imagine that if its objective had been a little more radical, in all likelihood, it would have been unable to pass.

它仅以微弱的优势被美国国会通过，我们可以想象，如果它的目标更激进一些很可能就无法通过。

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They are now expected to take the draft to the UN General Assembly, where it will likely pass by a large majority.

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Some history: He is Fat Boy to some, Tough Guy to others and, to the vast majority of people who pass him by without so much as a glance, "that statue" on the corner of Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike.

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Others advocate Europe-wide referendums on a single day to pass new treaties, which would be approved by a majority of voters in a majority of countries.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne