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Though the legislation currently only includes vertebrates, lawmakers are weighing expanding it to include invertebrates such as lobsters, as well as octopuses and mussels, according to The Times.

据《泰晤士报》报道,尽管这项法案目前只涉及脊椎动物,但立法者正在考虑将对象扩大到龙虾、章鱼、贻贝等无脊椎动物。

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On paper it is a body of lawmakers chosen by and for the people.

老挝人星期六前往投票站选举选区的国会议员。

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Kenya's parliament has reconvened, with lawmakers planning to discuss a power-sharing accord between the country's two main parties.

肯尼亚议会再次开会,议员们计划讨论两个主要政党之间的权力分享协定。

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Hawaii's governor is calling state lawmakers into special session tomorrow.

夏威夷州长召集州议员明天参加特别会议。

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But many Republican lawmakers, such as Arizona Senator John McCain, oppose any target date for drawing down American troops.

但是许多共和党立法人员,例如亚利桑那州的麦凯恩参议员,反对定下任何美军撤离阿富汗的日期。

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With a country's governance at stake, tensions run high and lawmakers don't always resolve their differences with words.

由于事关一国治理,紧张情绪高涨,议员们并不能一直依靠语言来解决分歧。

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Lawmakers began to rally around a sunset clause as a broader, more effective safeguard of the public's rights.

部分立法会议员争取加入日落条款,认为它能够更广泛、更有效地保障公众的权利。

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Investors were optimistic about the pending U.S. stimulus plan, expected to win approval from U.S. lawmakers.

投资者对悬而未决的美国经济刺激计划持乐观态度,预期该计划将通过参议院同意。

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With little action on Tuesday on either front, lawmakers say they are preparing for the possibility that Congress will remain in session through Friday, when adjournment had been planned to prepare for the November general elections.

星期二,在这两个方面都没有采取什么行动。国会议员们表示,他们已经做好国会星期五之后仍然开会的准备。国会原计划星期五开始休会,准备11月份的美国大选。

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Assistant Secretary Fried told lawmakers on Tuesday that while the United States does not seek a bad relationship with Russia "until Russia's leaders change their path the two countries may be in for a difficult period."

助理国务卿弗里德星期二对议员们说,虽然美国不希望搞坏同俄罗斯的关系,但是,“除非俄罗斯领导人改变做法,否则美俄两国可能会进入一个困难的时期”。

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Congress held long and sometimes tumultuous hearings in which Everette Harris, then president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, tried to convince lawmakers that the futures market for onions was not the cause of the volatility.

美国国会召开了长时间、有时一片混乱的听证会,在这些听证会上,当时芝加哥商品交易所(cme)总裁埃弗雷特哈里斯(everette harris)试图让国会议员相信,洋葱期货市场不是价格剧烈波动的原因。

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No question, this is what is called a 'put up or shut up' moment for lawmakers.

毫无疑问,对于立法者而言,目前就是所谓的‘要么采取行动,要么闭嘴’的时刻。

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This contrasts with the vitriolic commentary in the state media in response to support from Taiwan-friendly US lawmakers for the sale of new F-16s.

这与官方媒体针对美国一些议员的尖刻评论形成反差,对台友好的若干美国议员支持售台新型F-16。

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The public excuse from our corrupt politicians is that Americans don't really want the jobs that could be created if lawmakers prioritized domestic investment.

民众原谅我们腐败的政客,如果立法者优先考虑国内的投资,美国人并不真正想要的创造就业机会。

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As lawmakers and regulators look more closely at the CDO business, evidence is emerging of the way the investment banks used this freedom to take advantage of customers many of whom they knew to be ignorant of the risks.

随着立法者和监管者更密切地关注CDO业务,投行利用这种自由占客户便宜的证据正浮出水面。他们知道许多客户并不清楚相关风险。

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President Bush says Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has addressed the issues of U.S. lawmakers by demobilizing tens-of-thousands of paramilitary fighters and appointing an independent prosecutor to pursue cases involving attacks against trade unionists.

布什总统指出,哥伦比亚总统乌里韦已经着手解决美国国会议员们所关注的问题,他动员了数万名准军事部队,并且任命了一个独立的检查官来专门处理工会人士遭到攻击的案子。

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Some lawmakers, like Democrat Barbara Lee of California, had voted against the bailout on Monday, but agreed to pass the enhanced legislation on Friday.

一些国会议员星期一曾投下反对票,但是星期五却对修改后的议案投了赞成票。来自加利福尼亚州的民主党人巴巴拉·李就是其中的一个。

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The US's biggest banks are an essential source of campaign funding for many lawmakers from both parties, but most of them are reluctant to be perceived as Wall Street stooges.

美国的大银行是两党许多议员竞选经费的重要来源,但这些议员大多不愿被视为华尔街的傀儡。

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Several Democratic lawmakers and strategists have cautioned that Palin was indeed a tough and formidable debater in her successful 2006 campaign to become Alaska's governor.

几位民主党议员和战略家提醒说,佩林在2006年的竞选活动中成功当选阿拉斯加州州长,说明她的确是一个难以对付、有实力的辩论者。

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The Treasury Secretary is asking lawmakers to close an increasingly popular tax loophole in which US companies merge with foreign firms and move their headquarters overseas.

财政部要求议员填补日益流行的税收漏洞,美国公司利用这一漏洞通过与外国公司合并而将总部搬至海外。

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