A Kentucky legislator, worried that public officials sometimes "retire" right after being re-elected and then promptly unretire to take up their new office, keeps introducing bills to clamp down.

有时候一些公共官员在他们被重新选举后马上“退休”，然后很快到他们新的办公室任职，一位肯塔基的立法者对此表示担忧，一直都在引入法案以杜绝这种情况。

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To this end, it will set up a powerful consumer financial protection bureau, with powers to clamp down on abusive practices by credit card companies and mortgage lenders.

最终，它将设立一个强有力的消费者金融保护机构，它有权对信用卡公司和进行抵押的个人肆意所为进行施压。

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That isn't necessarily unusual for recoveries. Businesses clamp down on production and borrowing, ramping up only when they are sure demand is healthier.

对经济复苏而言，这倒未必是种反常现象。企业只有在确信市场需求已经改善时才会停止压缩生产和借款。

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The claim comes as European countries step up efforts to clamp down on U.S. companies which minimize their tax bills in the continent by channeling profits through low-tax regimes.

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At some point, central banks will have to put up interest rates to clamp down on inflation.

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Since the pay bill makes up about two-thirds of the total NHS budget, one obvious strategy is to clamp down on wage costs.

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