block bill

常見(jiàn)例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• Joe Lieberman, one of two independents on whom Mr Reid must rely to supplement his 58 Democrats, says he will filibuster to block any bill containing a public plan;
  Joe Lieberman（Mr Reid要依靠來(lái)補(bǔ)充他那邊的58張民主黨票的兩個(gè)自由人之一）表示不會(huì)讓一切包含公共計(jì)劃的議案獲得通過(guò)。
• If 41 senators can block a bill, and if they all happen to come from the least-populated states, politicians representing about a tenth of the population can block the work of Congress.
  如果四十一位參議員就可以擋下一個(gè)法案，又如果這些參議員通通是屬于人口最少的州，那么只要美國(guó)十分之一人口的代表就可以讓國(guó)會(huì)停頓下來(lái)了。
• Sparsely-populated states are thus hugely over-represented: senators representing a mere 11% of America’s population can block any bill, since 60 votes out of 100 are needed to guarantee passage.
  這樣，人口稀少的州府就享受了過(guò)度膨脹的代表性：由于提議的通過(guò)需獲得至少60%的投票，而國(guó)會(huì)議員僅代表11%的美國(guó)人，卻可以否決任何議案。

權(quán)威例句

• Yet the company never did anything substantial to try to modify or block the bill.
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• Ever since, the State Department has been perversely meddling in the process, including trying to block this bill.
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• When the then GOP-controlled Congress passed a Medicaid block grant bill, Clinton vetoed it, then proposed per-capita caps as a compromise.
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