Opponents of the bill say that carried interest deserves capital-gains treatment because it is a long-term investment and carries risk.

该法案的反对者表示，附股权益是一项有风险的长期投资，理应享受资本所得税的对待。

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I had offered to sign a bill banning all late-term abortions except in cases where the life or health of the mother was at risk.

我表示可以签署禁止所有在怀孕后期进行堕胎的法令，但孕妇的生命或健康受到严重威胁的情形除外。

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The stimulus bill is itself a mishmash of Mr Obama’s progressive priorities and short-term expedience.

刺激案本身就是一个奥巴马进步性优势和短期利益的大杂烩。

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In the south central state of Arkansas,two-term U.S.senator Blanche Lincoln faces a tough runoff against Bill Halter, the state's lieutenant governor.

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His popularity at the end of his term, despite what everyone would agree, whether you like Bill Clinton or not, was a big mistake with Monica Lewinsky his popularity didn't suffer very much.

任期结束时，人气很高，尽管大家都心知肚明，不管你喜不喜欢比尔·克林顿，和莱温斯基乱搞男女关系就是一个错误,但是他的人气并未因此受到很大影响。

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If it came down to it, would you approve of a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown?

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The rider to deny the EPA funds to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant goes after a fairly recent policy that nevertheless has deep, strong bureaucratic roots, which again, is unlikely to be permanently altered by the expression of the will of one house of Congress on a short-term Continuing Appropriations bill.

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It said it was "unconvinced" by the arguments for introducing fixed term Parliaments, claiming the bill owed "more to short term considerations than to a mature assessment of enduring constitutional principles or sustained public demand".

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