The drug approval panels, meanwhile, are deliberately and routinely stacked with decision makes who maintain strong financial ties to the very drug companies impacted by their votes.

其中，药物审批小组故意例行公事地缓慢进行批准程序从而利用自己的投票权维持与某些特定的药物公司的大额的经济联系。

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As expected, Obama also did very well with African-American voters, but it was not enough to overcome Clinton's strong ties to Texas, which date back to the early 1970s.

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