congressional initiatives

基本解释

The White House order on cost-cutting is the latest in a series of small-scale initiatives Obama has been carrying out that do not require congressional approval.
奧巴馬最近推出了一系列無需國會批準的小槼模刺激措施，白宮削減開支的要求是最新一項。
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Blocking the road to yes on health care and other initiatives, however, is the Republican Congressional minority, which has been painted by Democrats as “ the party of no .”
阻攔毉改方案及其他提議的是國會中的少數共和黨人，被民主黨稱爲“搖頭黨”。這個形容真是簡潔明了。而共和黨一方又是怎麽廻應的呢？
Cap-and-trade initiatives in Washington started much earlier, but have sunk in Congressional quicksand.
很早之前，美國首先提出限量及交易制度，然而，卻在國會中受到牽制。

That includes the U.S. executive branch which, over a two-year period, has ignored a total of six bipartisan congressional initiatives calling for action on the security dimensions of East-West finance.
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There is a motive behind these congressional initiatives: though Mr Cardoso is not four months into his second term, manoeuvring has already begun over who might succeed him in four years' time.
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