您可以从一份美国法案的长度来判断其有效性：越简短就越有力。

You can judge the effectiveness of a US bill by its length: the shorter it is, the more potent it will be.

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欧盟承诺到2020年前减排20%，如果其他国家减排30%，那么欧盟也会照办，可是难产的美国法案仅规定2020年比1990年的排放水平减少4%。

The E.U. has pledged a 20% cut by 2020 (30% if other nations make similar promises), but the pending U.S. legislation would reduce emissions only 4% below 1990 levels by 2020.

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根据萨班斯·奥克斯利法案，这种行为构成重罪。但是美国法院很可能无法起诉。

Such behavior is a felony under Sarbanes Oxley, but the U.S. will most likely be unable to prosecute.

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Think of the Bill of Rights here in the United States; think of the French Declaration on the Rights of Man and the Citizen.

想想美国的《人权法案》,想想法国的,《人权宣言》

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Three years from now, that is after the next president has had time to enact this program and the program has had some time to begin taking effect will the number of illegal immigrants in the United States be higher, lower or about the same? Ken Judd.

年后，这期间，下届总统有可能制定相关法案,而该法案刚好也已经生效,美国境内的非法移民,是增多，减少还是持平？，肯·贾德你先来。

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People never thought of insurance as the same as a bank, but since this is relatively recently-- that was only nine years ago--at this time, it means that we are now seeing an expansion of our banking system in the U.S.

人们从来不认为保险和银行是一回事,但是从那法案之后它们就是差不多的了,这只不过是九年前的法案,但是现在,这意味着在美国,银行系统得到了扩张

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