the decisive vote 决定性的一票
As the Economist went to press a Republican senator appeared willing to cast a decisive vote in favour of the budget, which requires the approval of two-thirds of legislators.
在The Economist将要发表的一篇报道中,一位共和党议员似乎愿意对预算投赞成票,但这一预算想要通过还需要另外三分之二的议员同意。
His was the decisive 60th vote for the bill in the 100-seat Senate.
他是这一法案决定性的第60票,在上议院的100个席位中。
All this suggests that health care itself may not prove decisive at November's elections, even as that vote itself may end up determining the fate of health reform.
所有这一切都说明,即使11月的投票会决定医改的命运,但是医保本身对中期选举并不具有决定性影响。
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