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.
奥巴马最近推出了一系列无需国会批准的小规模刺激措施，白宫削减开支的要求是最新一项。
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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 .”
阻拦医改方案及其他提议的是国会中的少数共和党人，被民主党称为“摇头党”。这个形容真是简洁明了。而共和党一方又是怎么回应的呢？
Cap-and-trade initiatives in Washington started much earlier, but have sunk in Congressional quicksand.
很早之前，美国首先提出限量及交易制度，然而，却在国会中受到牵制。

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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