由于许多原因，它依然必须待在那儿，但它的意义缩水了，几乎毫无意义。

It still has to be there, because of many reasons, but it's been shriveled to mean almost nothing.

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.. For example, I would have... But this is just political kabuki, it's meaningless Yeah, and the magnitude is going to be small, ... the impact on the economy, ...to get these checks until what, July?

比如说，我原本可以。,但这只是一次政治秀，毫无意义,没错，它的影响力或许微乎其微，也就是对经济的产生的作用，。。。搞不好要到7月份才能拿到支票？

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