Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster to block the bill.
西摩参议员威胁用长篇大论来阻挠该法案的通过。
This month, the Senate began consideration of a bill that would block the closure of the controversial facility as will as civilian trials for its detainees.
本月，参议院开始考虑一份议案，这份议案不仅可能阻止关闭备受争议的关塔那摩监狱，而且也会阻止关押民事案件中的囚犯。
Backers of the bill need 60 votes to ensure that opponents cannot block its passage.
议案支持者必须获得60票才能确保不被反对者挡道。
If 41 senators can block a bill, and if they all happen to come from the least-populated states, politicians representing about a tenth of the population can block the work of Congress.
如果四十一位参议员就可以挡下一个法案，又如果这些参议员通通是属于人口最少的州，那么只要美国十分之一人口的代表就可以让国会停顿下来了。
A tactic used by a group of Senators to block the passage of a bill favored by the majority.
参议员集团的一种策略，用于阻挠大多数拥护的议案的通过。
Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama is among several Republicans who are vowing to block the bill from advancing in the Senate.
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。
The Senate voted to proceed with the bill. But the House of Representatives looked set to block it; one Republican leader described it as a "pretty dangerous" bill.
参议院投票通过实施该议案，但是众议院却提出了反对，有位共和党议员甚至认为这是非常危险的举措。
He said financial incentives in the economic stimulus bill should help, given that most hospitals reporting that cost as their biggest stumbling block.
鉴于大多数医院报告称花费高是他们最大的绊脚石，因此经济刺激议案(economic stimulus bill)采取的财政刺激政策或许有用。
He said financial incentives in the economic stimulus bill should help, given that most hospitals reporting that cost as their biggest stumbling block.
鉴于大多数医院报告称花费高是他们最大的绊脚石，因此经济刺激议案(economic stimulus bill)采取的财政刺激政策或许有用。
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