filibusters

filibusters

1. They will still need cooperation from Republicans, especially in the Senate, where Democrats failed to get the 60 seats that would have protected them from procedural blocks known as filibusters.

不过他们仍然需要共和党的合作，特别是在参议院，民主党人没有得到60个席位，无法避免共和党人用不停的发言的拖延战术阻碍立法。

2. they had killed health care, campaign finance reform, and lobbying reform with Senate filibusters.

他们使用参议院阻挠议事的手段，封杀了医疗保健改革法案、竞选筹资改革法案和议会游说改革法案。

3. "They have now shattered the record for the highest number of filibusters in history.

他们如今已经打破了历史上否决议案最高票数的记录。

4. They fell short of the 60 Senate seats they had hoped for, which would have allowed them to avoid procedural blocks known as filibusters.

他们降低了曾希望的60位参议员的人数，这允许他们避免被称为阻挠议事的程序块。

5. "They have now shattered the record for the highest number of filibusters in history," he said.

他说：“共和党已经打破了在议会中使用拖延阻挠手段的历史最高记录。

6. "Filibusters, of course, are the age-old procedural obstacles used to slow down or stop the Senate from debating and voting.

以冗长演说妨碍议程固然是陈规陋习，用来拖延和阻挡参议院对议案进行辩论或表决。

7. And if he cheats and filibusters, Mr Tsvangirai should simply walk out.

但如果他舞弊并从中作梗，那么茨万吉拉伊只能退出。

8. But since the Senate has an even stronger rural bias than the House and requires a supermajority of 60 to avoid filibusters, things could get even messier.

但是，和众议院相比，参议院有更强的农业倾向，更需要有绝对多数的60票来防止议案受阻挠，事情会变得更加棘手。

9. Now, before this Congress, the record was 57 filibusters in a 2-year period of time.This Republican leadership has waged 78 filibusters, and we still have 6 months to go.

在这届国会之前的两年时间里，阻挠议事的最高记录为57次，现在共和党领导下已上升至78次，而我们仍然有六个月的时间要继续。”

10. But the chamber has operated for decades under rules that were designed to overcome filibusters but are now used to require a 60-vote supermajority for most important bills.

数十年来参议院一直遵守这项克服阻挠议案的原则，但是现在最重大的议案都要求达到60票的绝对多数。

11. Next year the Democrats will have large majorities in both arms of Congress, but not quite enough seats in the Senate to shut down filibusters and make Republicans irrelevant.

明年，民主党在国会的两院都将占有更大份额，不过席位还没达到足以限制住阻挠派而让共和党人置身事外。

12. Filibusters, of course, are the age-old procedural obstacles used to slow down or stop the Senate from debating and voting.

武装分子，当然是古老的程序法的障碍，可以用来减轻或停止参议院收到的争论和投票。

13. Now, before this Congress, the record was 57 filibusters in a two-year period of time.

现在，在国会开始前，记录有57名武装分子每两年为一有仔期出现。

14. This Republican leadership has waged 78 filibusters, and we still have six months to go.

而这届参议院上台才一年半，共和党领导层已经应用了78次。”

15. In the past, Senate filibusters had effectively killed nearly all civil rights legislation.

过去，由于参议院的阻挠，几乎所有的民权立法都被扼杀。

16. It seems most unlikely, however, that the Democrats will manage to get 60 seats in the Senate, the number needed to break Republican filibusters.

这看来好像是不可能的，但事实却是：民主党人将会在参议院能拥有60个席位，这足以阻碍共和党人的提案。