Rejected Rep: Lets "no" answers pull his attitude down.

被拒绝的推销员：让“不”的回答使自己的态度低落。

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Rejected Rep: Mopes around after a "no" call, or worse, avoids the next call.

被拒绝者：在接到一个拒绝电话之后情绪低落，更严重的会不去继续打下一个电话。

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But New York Republican Rep. Peter King rejected criticisms of pet projects, or earmarks.

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But the idea was rejected by other more hard-line Republicans, including Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, who said workers should stay off the job until a balanced budget is passed and signed by the president.

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In other floor action, the House debated and rejected, 194-225, an amendment by Republican Rep. Marge Roukema of New Jersey to replace a Transportation Department program that sets a goal of providing 10 percent of transportation projects to businesses owned by women and minorities with another program that would recruit and provide assistance to such businesses.

CNN: By Alan K. Ota, CQ Staff Writer