议会召开只余10天时，一位显然经过改造的天主教徒蒙特·塔格上议员在他位于霍斯顿的家中用晚餐时，收到了一封至关重要的信。
Only ten days before the Opening of Parliament, Lord Monteagle, an apparently reformed Catholic, was sitting down to dinner in his Hoxton home when an important letter arrived for him. It read.
这位参议员回应说，反对派对环境问题的担忧是政治上的机会主义。
The senator responded by saying that the opposition's concern for the environment was political opportunism.
我倾向于认为我们的众议员们总体上干得不错。
I tend to think that our Representatives by and large do a good job.
议员席上不时有嘲笑和打岔。
她在担任初级参议员和提升国际形象上做得非常成功。
She could hardly have done better at managing her twin positions as junior senator and global celebrity.
葬礼上最为感人的悼念可能来自参议员肯尼迪的两个儿子。
Perhaps the most moving tributes at the funeral came from Senator Kennedy's two sons.
至于美国，它实际上也尊重该公约，但尚未批准它，因为一些参议员担心导致美国主权的丧失。
As for the United States, it respects the convention in practice but has not ratified it, because some senators fear a loss of American sovereignty.
然而一些澳大利亚人并不相信这位伊利诺伊州参议员有能力领导世界上最强大的国家。
Some Australians, however, are not convinced that the Illinois senator has what it takes to lead the world's most powerful nation.
去年暑假他曾声称会以参议员身份投票反对总量管制与排放交易方案，而实际上在议会中却投了赞成票。
Last summer he said he would vote against a cap-and-trade scheme as a senator, though he had voted for the plan in the House.
但同样出现在《与媒体见面》上的亚利桑那州共和党参议员乔恩·凯尔则表示，这次军事演习比以往任何一次都更为重要。
But those exercises are more important now than ever, according to Republican Senator John Kyl of Arizona, who also appeared on Meet the Press.
霍普金斯学会的这场会议上，身为犹他州共和党参议员的三朝元老鲍勃•本奈特也提出了非常严厉的批评，其严厉程度毫不亚于格里科曼的小单子。
At the same meeting of the same think-tank, Bob Bennett, who served three terms as a (Republican) senator for Utah, offered a no less scathing critique.
“这是对信用市场持续努力的第一步”奥巴马在会议上对小企业主、众议员代表及参议员表态说。
"This is the first step in what is going to be a continuing effort to get credit," Obama said at a conference with small business owners, House representatives and senators.
6日，《阳光州新闻》记者兰斯·怀特公布了一位美国国会参议员在电脑上看裸女图的视频(见图)。
Sunshine State News reporter Lance Wright spotted video footage of a US senator looking at the image of topless women on the Senate floor Thursday (see photo).
一天早晨，他们邀请我下楼，到前门廊上和他们的朋友兼邻居吉恩·麦卡锡参议员一起吃早餐。
One morning they invited me down to breakfast on the front porch with their friend and neighbor Senator Gene McCarthy.
国会议员在人民的事务上所花的时间越来越少。
Congressmen have been spending ever less time on the people's business.
劳森是老手了，能够赶走无足轻重的议员，尽管他们的问题实际上是非常正当的。
Lawson has been around long enough to see off pipsqueak MPs, even if their questions are, actually, quite valid.
争论日趋激烈，肯尼迪甚至在电视上询问马萨诸塞州选民他是否应该辞去参议员一职。
The controversy became so intense that Mr. Kennedy went on television to ask Massachusetts voters whether he should resign from office.
这种联系是文化上的，在公众的眼里，国会议员和银行家如今旗鼓相当，都是脱离真实的世界，享受巨大的特权并把这一切视为理所应当精英。
The link is cultural. In the public eye, MPs and bankers now look equivalent as elites, detached from the real world, enjoying massive privileges and thinking of them as entitlements.
或者，一些国会议员每周聚在一起上西班牙语课。
Or that some members of Congress gather weekly for Spanish lessons.
一条推特信息不超过140字符，但最新调查却显示，议员们每周上推特的时间相当于一整天。
According to new research, the politicians spend the equivalent of almost one day a week sending out the messages of no more than 140 characters.
昨天，一些下院议员被证实成为质询人，但事实上这仅仅只是一个调查，预先将会有更为严格和合法的盘问。
Some MPs yesterday proved themselves to be capable questioners, but, in truth, this was hardly an inquisition. There will be much harsher and more forensic cross-examinations ahead.
它还会鼓励各州继续选本州的现任参议员，鼓励现任者在位子上待得尽量长。当前超过70岁的参议员有26名。
It also encourages states to keep voting for incumbents and incumbents to hang on until they drop. The current Senate contains 26 people who are 70 or over.
前国会议员费拉罗在同一个电视节目上露面，她表示，她对自己的讲话丝毫不感到歉意。
Former congresswoman Ferraro appeared on the same ABC news program and said she is "absolutely not sorry" about her remarks.
尽管调查表明女议员的吸引力比男议员大，她们上电视的次数却少一些。
Although female members were found to be more appealing than males, they receive less TV time.
无论他们如何编撰，实际上，318位众议院议员投票反对支付国家账单并向债券持有人作出承诺。
No matter how they tried to spin it, 318 House members actually voted against paying the country’s bills and keeping the promise made to federal bondholders.
麦凯恩参议员将重点放在赢得几个通常支持共和党候选人的州上。
Senator McCain is focused on winning several states that usually back Republican presidential candidates.
麦凯恩参议员将重点放在赢得几个通常支持共和党候选人的州上。
Senator McCain is focused on winning several states that usually back Republican presidential candidates.
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