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Senator Trent Lott apologized for suggesting that the country would have averted many problems if onetime segregationist Strom Thurmond had won the 1948 presidential race. Vicente Fox, the president of Mexico, apologized for saying that Mexicans were willing to take jobs in the United States "that not even blacks want to do." Evange list Pat Robertson apologized for saying that the United States should kill Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, and for suggesting that the stroke suffered by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was divine retribution for "dividing God's land."

共和党参议员Trent Lott为曾说过如果1948年总统选举中当时是参议员的Strom Thurmond获胜美国将不会出现一系列的问题而道歉；墨西哥总统Vicente Fox，为曾说过墨西哥人愿意干"那些甚至连黑人都不愿意做的"工作而道歉； Evange list Pat Robertson 为曾说美国应当处死委内瑞拉总统 Hugo Chavez并暗示以色列首相Ariel Sharon遭受心脏病打击是因为他"分裂上天的土地。"

But among Democrats at least, my meetings would end with one consistent recommendation: As soon as possible, they said, I should schedule a meeting with Senator Byrd—not only as a matter of senatorial courtesy, but also because Senator Byrd's senior position on the Appropriations Committee and general stature in the Senate gave him considerable clout.

但至少，在民主党人中，议员们都在会面结束时向我提出相同的建议，他们告诉我说，必须尽快安排和参议员伯德见一个面。这不仅只是一种参议院礼貌，也因为参议员伯德在拨款委员会中的资深地位和在参议院中的普遍声望，他是一位相当有影响力的人物。

But among Democrats at least, my meetings would end with one consistent recommendation: As soon as possible, they said, I should schedule a meeting with Senator Byrd-not only as a matter of senatorial courtesy, but also because Senator Byrd's senior position on the Appropriations Committee and general stature in the Senate gave him considerable clout.

但至少，在民主党人议员们中，他们都在会面结束时向我提出相同的建议，他们会说，必须尽快安排和参议员伯德见一个面。这不仅只是一种参议院礼貌，还因为参议员伯德在拨款委员会中的资深地位和在参议院中的普遍声望，他是一位相当有影响力的人物。

Conkling charged that President Garfield had failed to observe the policy of "Senatorial Courtesy." Traditionally, the president does not fill federal jobs in a state until he discusses them with the senators from that state.

康克林指责总统没有遵守所谓的"对参议员谦恭"的政治游戏，因为根据惯例，在没有与来自当地参议员充分协商之前，总统是不会把当地的联邦政府职务给安排满的。

The filibuster (a creature of Senate rule rather than of the Constitution or a statute) creates a requirement of a supermajority to pass legislation to which there is substantial senatorial opposition, and rules or customs of senatorial "courtesy" give individual Senators considerable blocking power, for example power to delay confirmation hearings.

当一项法律受到很多参议员的反对，阻挠议事的议员（参议院而非宪法或成文法的创造物）提出必须要绝大多数同意才能通过的要求，而且形成了不成文的规定或者说是传统，这实际上给了个体参议员相当大的阻碍的权利，比如说延迟听证会。

The senatorial term is 6 years, and every 2 years one-third of the Senate stands for re-election.

宪法规定美国参议员必须是年满30岁有美国公民资格9年以上的公民，并且是选其为议员的州的居民，参议员任期为6年，且每月年改选1/3的议员。

The Democrat senator is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs.

这位民主党籍的参议员是参议员外交关系委员会东亚和太平洋事务小组委员会主席。

Senator Grassley, a Republican of Iowa, and Senator Baucus, a Democrat of Mon tana, joined Messrs.

爱荷华州的共和党参议员格莱斯利，和蒙大拿州的民主党参议员鲍库斯也跟进表示同意。

Not everyone believed this plan was a good one. Some northern senators believed that Chief Justice Taney would decide for slavery. Southern senators were just as sure that Taney would decide against slavery.

并非每个人都认为这个方案是个好方案，有些北方参议员认为首席大法官特尼应该就奴隶制问题做出决定，而南方的参议员则认为，特尼恰恰是反对奴隶制的。

A disclaimer here: For a three-year span, from the time that I announced my candidacy for the Senate to the end of my first year as a senator, I was the beneficiary of unusually—and at times undeservedly—positive press coverage.

我在这里申明一下：在三年的期间里，从我宣称要竞选参议员开始，到我就职参议员一年以后，我异乎寻常地（有时甚至可以说是受之有愧地）受益于正面的媒体报道。

If you are unfortunate enough to the lovelorn, please tell me, I will help you out, really, please contact me!

如果你不幸失恋了，请告诉我，我会帮助你摆脱困境，真的，请联系我啦！

China's plan to cut energy intensity by 20 percent and pollutant discharges by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010 is a case in point.

中国计划在2006年到2010间降低20%的能源强度和减少10%的主要污染物排放，就是一个这样的例子。