国会议员

WHEN Barack Obama became American president, one of his first tussles with White House lawyers was over whether he could keep

当巴拉克。奥巴马入主白宫后，他与国会议员角力的问题之一便是：他是否能够继续拥有他的黑莓手机。

From Islam critic and Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders, the 15-minute feature is said to be critical of the Koran.

从伊斯兰教评论家和荷兰右翼国会议员geert wilders ， 15分钟专题节目，据说是关键的可兰经。

Most of the legislators followed the lead of the governor.

大多数的国会议员以州长为榜样。

We note that in 2006, Canadian MPs made a total of 66 international visits.

我们注意到在2006年，加拿大的国会议员们共进行了66次国外访问。

"The most important thing you can do is nothing," said the Texas congressman, who ...

&最重要的事，你可以做的是什么，说：&得克萨斯州的国会议员，谁。。。

They include the late jazz saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and his brother Nat Adderley, the late tennis great Althea Gibson, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, hip-hop artist Common, and Congress members Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville), Kendrick Meek and his mother, former Congresswomen Carrie Meek.

它们包括已故的爵士乐萨克斯朱利安&炮弹&纳特阿和他的弟弟天然纳特阿，已故的伟大的网球木槿花吉布森，底特律市长夸屈，嘻哈艺术家的共同和国会议员 Corrine 布朗，肯德里克米克和他的母亲，前代表大会代表嘉莉米克。

I and many others in the unit feel betrayed that you failed to stand up for us in the face of untrue and unfair accusations from certain members of Congress last Wednesday and from the press over our retention payments, and that you didn't defend us against the baseless and reckless comments made by the attorneys general of New York and Connecticut.

我和我部门的许多同事感觉被出卖了，因为您没有在周三面对部分国会议员提出不真实不公平的控告时为我们坚持下去，您也没有为我们应得的报酬辩护，您更没有保护我们不受纽约州和康涅狄格州的首席检察官毫无根据和轻率的指控。

Predictably, congressmen from states with car factories and coal mines, and not much wind or sunshine, agree.

可以想见，那些来自于拥有大量汽车工厂和煤矿而仅有少量风能和太阳能的州的国会议员们会支持这一举措。

THE steady drip-drip of sleaze stories in recent years was not enough to make MPs clean up their lax expenses regime. The current deluge is forcing them to.

近年来持续不断出现的一些小的丑闻已不足以让国会议员们开始调整自己松懈的开支制度了，目前纷至沓来的类似事件正逼迫着他们这么去做。

Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.

任何脱离联邦的州只要在宣言生效前重新加入联邦（或仅仅送他们的国会议员回华盛顿）便具有等同边际州的地位，并至少在当下能保有奴隶制度（虽然马里兰州、密苏里州和西维吉尼亚州早在1865年美国宪法第13号修正案批准解除全国奴隶制度的合法性以前，便透过内部政治运作逐步废除奴隶制度）。

It seems likely that Kraft will return with a better offer.

看起来卡夫要重新考虑一个更好的出价了。

But he'd rather burn off my feelers and watch me squirm.

可他却放任那个家伙对我为所欲为！