一项议会立法可以被认为是立法机关意图的书面表达，而人们必须从这份文件中发掘立法机关的意图所在。

An Act of Parliament may be regarded as the will of the legislature expressed in a document, and it is from that document that one must discover what the legislature intended.

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立法须得到议会两院的一致通过。

Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.

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议会发言人昨日表示，伊拉克立法者预计将在周三之前就一项安全协议进行投票，该协议将使美军在伊拉克驻扎至2011年底。

Iraqi lawmakers are expected to vote on a security agreement by Wednesday, which will keep the US troops here until the end of 2011, the parliament's speaker said yesterday.

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Parliament enacts through this legislation a mechanism for the state control of the press.

议会通过立法来实施,一个政府控制出版的机制。

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No parliament, no legislature, however democratic its credentials, can legitimately violate our natural rights.

没有任何议会或立法机构，不管其宣称自己如何民主，能合理侵犯我们的自然权利。

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Power is in the Chamber of Deputies,in the Assembly, and the President is a convener; he tries to get people to do the right things, and it's a political club.

权力在议会院中,在立法议会手中,总统就是个会议召集人,他想办法让人们做正确的事情,这是个政治俱乐部

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