Mr Obama's plan has no chance of passing Congress in its current form. It could, however, be the catalyst for deal-making.

奥巴马的计划以现在的形式通过国会批准无望但它可能会是双方达成共识的催化剂。

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And while the plan stands little chance of passing Congress, its populist pitch is one that the White House believes the public can support.

而且处于这项计划没有任何机会通过国会之机，其平民论调是白宫相信公众可能支持这项计划。

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The bailout plan released yesterday is a lot better than the proposal Henry Paulson first put out - sufficiently so to be worth passing.

昨天公布的救市方案比起亨利·保尔森最早抛出的方案改进良多——因此十分值得通过。

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"I'm pleased that the House has acted with the urgency necessary in passing this plan.

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For many - on either side of the aisle - that all made passing Plan B bad news for Democrats, and a 'no brainer' for the Republicans.

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Picking winners and losers this way is likely to defeat any claims of rough justice and make passing the plan that much tougher.

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Behind Romney stood the people most responsible for passing the plan, among them Senator Ted Kennedy and Salvatore DiMasi, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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