Brown pointed to that procedural vote as a sign the bill would easily clear the Senate.

布朗指出，程序性投票的结果表明，该法案将在参议院轻松获得通过。

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Unless concessions are made to backbenchers, Mr Brown must rely on Conservative support to pass his legislation on the postal service—a fate almost as damaging as seeing the bill fail altogether.

除非他能向众议院的国会议员作出让步，否则他必须依靠保守党的支持来通过邮政服务的立法――这无异于眼睁睁看着立法失败。

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Bill Brown has managed to stay in Congress now for twenty years.

比尔·布朗在国会当议员已经二十年了。

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