A federal election is expected as early as next spring, when Mr Harper hopes to turn his minority into a majority.

联邦选举预计最早将在明年春天举行，哈珀希望到时自己能从少数派成为多数派。

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But Mr Boehner and Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader in the Senate, have made it clear that they do not want the committee to pursue tax increases.

但博纳和共和党参议院少数派领导人米奇·麦克康奈尔就明确指出，他们并不希望该委员会寻求增税方案。

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As leader of a minority coalition, Mr Reinfeldt will face a fresh set of difficulties.

作为少数党联盟的领导人，赖因费尔特将面临一系列的新的难题。

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But Udon Thani is also home a small minority of Yellow Shirts, a rival movement whose street protests helped prompt the 2006 coup that removed Mr.Thaksin.

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Mr.Obama's presidency has also generated fresh hopes for Europe's minority politicians.

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And yet, for all his clout, Mr Bauer is limited by the fact that only a minority of Americans see politics through his religious lens, just as only a minority go along with Mr Gephardt's union-based protectionism.

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Mr Zapatero heads a minority government that is seven seats short of an absolute parliamentary majority.

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Mr Poots said a minority should not besmirch the good work of the majority.

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