In 2005 a group of 11 senators wrote to George Bush urging him to send over the tobacco treaty for consideration; they noted that tobacco claims more than 400,000 American lives a year.

2005年，11名参议员联名给乔治·布什写信，敦促其认真考虑烟草公约。他们指出烟草每年夺去超过40万美国人的生命。

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In 2005 a group of 11 senators wrote to George Bush urging him to send over the tobacco treaty for consideration; they noted that tobacco claims more than 400, 000 American lives a year.

2005年，11名参议员联名给乔治·布什写信，敦促其认真考虑烟草公约。他们指出烟草每年夺去超过40万美国人的生命。

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“As I'm sure you've seen over the past year, voters don't like Senators who don't read bills before they vote on them, ” Packard wrote in a letter first posted on the conservative blog RedState.

“我相信你们在过去几年已经看到，选民不喜欢那些在投票之前不看账单的议员”，帕卡德在一封最初张贴在保守的博客红州(RedState)的信里写道。

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"We do not make this request lightly, " the senators wrote in a letter to Clement.

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"The IRS should already possess the authority to issue immediate guidance on this matter, " the Senators wrote.

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"We find it unfathomable that BP would pay out a dividend to shareholders before the total cost of BP's oil spill cleanup is estimated, " the senators wrote in a letter to the company.

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