Last week, Reid whistled through the Senate, by voice vote, a bill to put us on that escalator.

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。

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The slimmed-down bill would hold BP (BP) accountable for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and try to ensure similar disasters don't occur, Reid said last week.

上周哈里·雷德表示，该法案经过精简后，要求英国石油公司对墨西哥湾石油泄漏事故负责，尽力确保类似的灾难不再发生。

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Next there is talk that Mr Reid will put a doomed campaign-finance bill to another vote (it has failed one already).

接着便有传言，说里德先生会为一项前景黯淡的竞选资金法案再发起一轮投票(之前已经失利了一轮投票)。

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Now,Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader, is working to produce a health care bill in the Senate.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Senator Reid told reporters on Monday that the bill he plans to send to the Senate floor will include a government-run plan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Reid admitted that by including a public option in the Senate's health care reform bill, he likely would lose the support of Olympia Snowe of Maine the only Republican senator who might vote for the legislation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Sanders and the others, who make up half of the Democratic caucus, want any bill Reid sends to the full Senate to include a public option.

NPR: Public Option Short On Democrat Votes In Senate

Dr Bill Reid from the Methodist Church of Scotland said the legislation was calling on the whole of society in Scotland to assist in ending life and that that would be a "dangerous step".

BBC: End of Life Assistance Bill Committee 2

On December 13, 2010, the Senate voted to end debate on the Reid bill.

FORBES: Reid Bill Passes Senate's Procedural Vote: Estate Tax At 35% Tax Rate, $5M Exemption Is Likely