Republicans hold a 19-14 majority in the state Senate, but they need at least one Democrat to be present before taking a vote on the bill.

共和党人在州议会中以19比14占据多数优势，但他们需要至少一位民众党人士的出席以确保法案投票的进行。

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Senator Claire McCaskill, the newly elected Democrat from Missouri and one of 16 women in the Senate, seemed a bit in awe after taking the oath of office on Thursday afternoon.

新当选的密苏里州参议员克莱尔是参议院中16名女性议员之一，周二下午宣誓就职后她看起来心存敬畏（注10）。

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The campaign of eighteen eighty-four between Republican Blaine and Democrat Cleveland was one of the most bitter in American political history.

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According to the exit polling, only about one in ten voters favored her closest rival, Social Democrat lawmaker Algirdas Butkevicius.

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At one such meeting on Tuesday morning in Pennsylvania, Senator Arlen Spector - a Republican, recently-turned-Democrat came face-to-face with a screaming protester.

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Richard Lugar (R-IN)) with no Republican voting in favor and just one Democrat voting no (Sen.

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One Democrat who publicly called for Gephardt to step aside was Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tennessee.

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Paterson is one Democrat who understands some basic issues even better than many Republicans do.

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