To preserve this grand bargain, Congress would be allowed only to approve or reject the commission's proposal, not amend it.

为保证来之不易的讨价还价成果，国会应只能批准或拒绝委员会的建议，而不能修改之。

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Their goal is not to amend a bill, but kill it.

他们的目标不是要修订法案，而是要扼杀该法案。

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Doesn't it seem odd that one can make amends but not one amend.

一个人可以说“make amends”，但却不能说“one amend”，这不是很奇怪吗？

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Network Rail said a full service of trains would run on strike days and it did not expect to amend any timetables.

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House leaders have promised to take up the bill, but have not decided whether they will attempt to amend it before putting it to a vote.

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In March 2012, Ennahda confirmed that it would not seek to amend Article 1 of the 1959 Constitution to make Islamic law the main source of legislation.

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