IT IS only a mid-term election, for half of the lower house of Congress and a third of the senate.

这仅仅是一次议会中期选举，争夺的仅是国会下议院半数席位以及参议院三分之一的席位。

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If Congress does not act, then doctors will start receiving lower Medicare reimbursements next week, which could lead to seniors losing their doctors.

如果国会不开始行动，那么下周开始医生们的医保补偿将降低，这将导致老人们失去他们的医生。

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Candidates for “proportional” offices—the lower house of Congress and the state assemblies—compete in statewide races.

候选人为了能在国会的下议院和州际议会中求得席位而在全州范围内展开竞争。

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Approval ratings for Congress are significantly lower, averaging just over 22 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

You begin to understand why approval of those masters of spending masters in Congress is lower than that of cockroaches and yet most members of Congress keep getting easily reelected.

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The overall views of Congress are even lower: 22 percent approve of how Congress is handling its job, and 77 percent disapprove.

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On February 29th the lower house of Congress approved a reform of civil servants' pensions.

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