Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Senate, but do not possess a majority large enough to block Republicans from using a procedural motion known as a filibuster to prevent a vote from going forward.

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It has a board that runs it, but the board is not liable to shareholder vote.

董事会管理它,但董事会不是由股东选出的

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Some of you-- some of the population of the United States are not going to vote for somebody because he or she is black but they won't tell you but they know it to be true.

你们有些人…,美国当中有些人,不会投某些人一票,因为她或他是黑人，但他们不会说出来,但他们很清楚这是他们的真实想法。

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