There may once have been value in forcing Congress to occasionally focus on the debt and think about its implications before raising the debt limit.

迫使国会偶尔关注债务问题，并且在提高债务限额之前思考其影响，这种做法或许曾经有过价值。

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And Congress will salute him in the Capitol Rotunda, where his body once lay in state on a pine board bier, which we have also saved for 144 years.

在他的遗体曾经安放过的国会圆形大厅里，国会议员们将向他致敬，而他那时躺过的松木灵柩，亦已被保存了144年。

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As a friend in Congress once told me, "You are right about the importance of combining soft power with hard power, but I cannot talk about soft power and hope to get re-elected."

我在国会的一个朋友曾这么跟我说过：“关于结合软硬实力的重要性，你说得没错，但我要是一提软实力，就别想再次当选了。”

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Republican leaders in the U.S.Congress responded to the president's remarks by charging once again that he wants a health care system run by bureaucrats in Washington.

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Answering reporters' questions in the Oval Office following a bill-signing ceremony, the president once again urged Republicans in Congress to work with him to deal with the long-term problems involving Medicare.

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Bush says he hopes the department can begin full work over a phased-in period once Congress approves it.

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Dianne Feinstein, D-California, says she'll propose once the new Congress convenes in January.

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