The family had to take out a loan to pay a hospital bill that amounted to a third of their annual income.

为此，家庭不得不借债以支付医院方面的费用，它占到了整个家庭年收入的三分之一。

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"We are hopeful that the Senate will take up the House passed bill that comes out of here today, tonight, tomorrow morning, whenever it is, and we hope that they will move it," he said.

“我们希望参议院接受众议院通过的预算案，不管是今天、今晚还是明天早上通过的，我们都希望参议院能执行它。”他说。

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Figuring out the ramifications of the financial regulation bill passed by Congress will take months.

他们将花上好几个月才能弄清国会通过的金融监管法案中的法律分支。

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And last June,says Sittenfeld, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the first bill out of either chamber of Congress to directly take on the challenge of global warming.

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However, the House of Lords passed an amendment to take these provisions out of the bill.

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However, the House of Lords has passed an amendment to take these provisions out of the bill.

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Although no-one serious imagines this will take the political heat out of the Bill.

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