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Republicans and Democrats are racing to find some new idea to rescue America from the quagmire of Iraq.
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民主与共和两党竞相献计，希望把美国拖出伊拉克的泥淖。 |
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Republicans and Democrats argued over the findings, with the former claiming that the report failed to take into account tax-cuts made under the Bush administration and the latter arguing that Bush's policies benefited the higher earners while low-income
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而共和党人和民主党人就此调查结果展开了争论,前者称该报告没有将布什政府实施的减税案考虑在内,而后者则认为布什的政策使高收入者受益,而低收入家庭却没有沾到经济好转的光。 |
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Republicans are signaling they may block any attempt to have last year's bill come to a vote again in the Senate.
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共和党人表示，他们会阻止参议院中任何试图重提去年议案的举动。 |
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Republicans believe the wording of the referendum spurred 55 percent of the people to vote against the move.
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共和主义者认为那次公投的措辞促使了55%的人投票反对转为共和制。 |
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Republicans have been better at pushing for tax cuts than at balancing the budget.
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共和党人在推动减税方面比平衡预算更在行。 |
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Republicans have long complained that the federal government is stuffed full of dyed-in-the-wool lefties who habitually ignore or subvert Republican policies.
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长期以来，共和党人就抱怨联邦政府充斥了左派分子，他们信仰牢不可破，一贯不把共和党的政策放在眼里，或者干脆推翻重来。 |
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Republicans have the right to filibuster under centuries-old rules that this page has long defended.
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长久以来的惯例是，共和党人有阻挠议案通过的权利。 |
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Republicans praised the president's action, but opposition Democrats reacted furiously. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the commutation disgraceful.
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共和党人称赞布什的决定，但民主党人做出愤怒反应。国会参议院多数党领袖里德说减刑决定是可耻的。 |
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Republicans say the estate tax - which they have dubbed the death tax- makes it impossible for many Americans to pass on their family-owned businesses or farms to their children.
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共和党人说，遗产税，也就是他们所称的“死亡税”，使得许多美国人无法将家庭买卖或农场传给孩子。 |
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Republicans took a beating [in] the [congressional] elections for Mr. Bush's last two years in office. He called it “a [thumping]”, Democrats have not [controlled] both houses of Congress since 1994.
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在布什执政的最后2年里，共和党在国会选举中屡遭失败。布什称之为“一次重击”，因为自从一九九四年开始，民主党就再也没控制过国会两院。 |
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Republicans took a beating in the congressional elections for Mr. Bush's last two years in office.
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在最后的两年布什执政期间,共和党在国会选举中受到了打击. |
