一下飞机，我就去看望他的妻子苏；查克是位杰出的男人，他以技巧和勇气领导了我们在参议院的辩护团。
When I landed, I went to see his wife, Sue; Chuck was an extraordinary man who had led our defense team in the Senate with skill and courage.
受到提议的所有改变都是一项新的边境安全法案的一部分，该法案在众议院通过，但上周在参议院被否决。
All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week.
在参议院内外，希拉里表现一致，没有二心。
Outside the Senate, Hillary has displayed the same singleness of purpose.
白宫也已经加紧努力，游说在参议院通过该法案。
The White House has also stepped up its efforts to shepherd the bill through the Senate.
他说：“在大街上，在拳击场上，在参议院中，都有过。
They've been in the street, been in a boxing ring, and they've been in the United States Senate.
并非巧合的是，沃纳.利伯曼议案最终在参议院遭遇了尴尬的挫败。
Not coincidentally, the Warner-Lieberman bill eventually went down in an embarrassing defeat in the Senate.
在参议院这个越来越贵族化，富翁化的机构当中，他是最穷的人之一。
He is also one of the poorest members of the Senate, an institution which is threatening to revert to its Gilded Age status as a millionaires’ club.
我们认识有很长时间了，他在参议院任职24年后刚刚离开。
He had also known me a long time and had just left the Senate after serving twenty-four years.
明年，共和党将接手众议院，在参议院中的势力也将大大增加。
Next year, Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives and boost their Numbers in the Senate.
在参议院竞选中，一个极为相似的共和党候选人也提出了同样的管理理念。
The same managerial nous is claimed by a remarkably similar Republican candidate in the Senate race.
上个月末，盖茨在参议院作证说，利比亚反抗军缺少培训和经验。
Testifying before the Senate late last month, Gates said the opposition suffered from a lack of training and experience.
(在参议院通过问题不大)但这不应当被看作是他们就欣然接受。
(Passage in the Senate is considered less problematic.) But it should not be taken for granted.
共和党在参议院的100个席位中只有40个，所以他们不能阻止她。
Republicans have only 40 out of 100 seats in the Senate, so they cannot block her.
如果这份法案在参议院得到通过，将会极大颠覆这个国家目前的医疗保障体系。
If this bill makes it through the Senate, it would massively overhaul the way healthcare is delivered in this country.
在参议院的前景则更糟，因为大多数的法案需要得到60票才能通过。
Prospects in the Senate, where it takes 60 votes to get most legislation through, are even worse.
艾伯特发誓，要在绿党在参议院获得决定权之前，阻止这项税收通过。
Mr Abbott has vowed to block it in the Senate before the Greens hold sway there.
上周，瑞德在参议院通过口头投票迅速通过了一项置我们于那台直升电梯的议案。
Last week, Reid whistled through the Senate, by voice vote, a bill to put us on that escalator.
逐个记分，这只猛禽在参议院有45个支持者，盖茨只有23个支持者。
By one tally, the Raptor had 45 supporters in the Senate. Gates had only 23 backers.
在参议院，由来自康涅狄格州的参议员克里斯都得起草的法案暂时被搁置。
In the Senate, the legislation on the table was crafted by Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut.
约翰·麦凯恩试图通过“一揽子开销议案”削减专项拨款的努力在参议院受挫。
John McCain's attempt to reduce earmarks in an omnibus spending bill was defeated in the Senate.
在参议院结束九月休会，并且讨论和修改条相关草案之后，天然气将可以发挥更大的作用。
But it may yet play a bigger role as the Senate, coming back from recess in September, takes up and modifies the bill.
在参议院100席位中，只有53席赞成，不足到达60%多数通过的程序门槛。
Only 53 of 100 senators voted in favour, not enough to clear a 60-vote procedural threshold.
但是，仍有大量工作需要共和党在参议院付出努力，以阻止不必要的创造就业措施。
But there remains much work to do to overcome efforts by Republicans in the Senate to block additional job-creating measures.
现年47岁的奥巴马，在参议院仅有不到4年的资历，在全国政坛来讲算是个新人。
Obama, at age 47, is a relative newcomer to national politics, with less than four years in the Senate.
正如一位记者所指出的那样，奥巴马在参议院的时候，就曾投票反对阿利托的询证。
As one reporter points out, Obama voted against Alito's confirmation in the Senate.
而法案在参议院必须获得通过的全体各类委员会也许会拯救它，尽管付出较高的代价。
The gamut of committees that the bill must pass in the Senate may yet save it, though probably at a hefty price.
同时，全面的气候法案却无望的搁置受阻在参议院，在选举年得以通过的前景极为暗淡。
Meanwhile, a comprehensive climate bill is hopelessly stalled in the Senate, and its prospects of approval in an election year are dim.
同时，全面的气候法案却无望的搁置受阻在参议院，在选举年得以通过的前景极为暗淡。
Meanwhile, a comprehensive climate bill is hopelessly stalled in the Senate, and its prospects of approval in an election year are dim.
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