"If this decision was taken at the United Russia congress, this means that it is the consolidated decision of the people and the elites," he said.

“如果说这一决定是在俄罗斯统一党大会达成的，也就意味着它是人民和社会精英的共同决定，”他说。

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He was one of the best people in Congress.

他是国会最好的人之一。

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Would the consequences be any less dire today for the people of Iraq than it was for the people of Southeast Asia if Congress withdrew support?

如果今天国会命令撤军，难道伊拉克人民面临的形势不会比当年在东南亚的难民所面临的更加悲惨？

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About three thousand delegates from around China are in Beijing for this year's meeting of the National People's Congress.

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Congress thought that these people could be given more money to operate if someone would buy the mortgages from them, so Fannie Mae started doing that in 1938.

国会认为若从他们那买走抵押贷款,他们就有更多资金去发放贷款,因此房利美从1938年开始运作

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The first wave was in the 1960s and, at that time, Congress had limits-- state governments had limits on the interest that savings banks could pay people on their accounts.

在20世纪60年代,那时候国会限制了...,各州政府给储蓄银行,设定了账户利率的支付上限

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The sovereignty of the United States resides in the people, and Congress cannot invoke the sovereignty of the people to override their will as declared in the Constitution.

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And just by doing that, we could alleviate some of the concern about the so-called fiscal cliff -- which should not, regardless, take any pressure off Congress from the absolute need to act, but it should demonstrate to the American people the ability of Congress to come together and pass something that everyone says they agree on and the President agrees on.

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That is why he will address the American people and the Congress next week to talk about measures that we can take together to do right now to enhance growth and job creation.

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