Some powers do belong exclusively to the federal government, and control of citizenship and the borders is among them.

有些权力确实只属于联邦政府，比如对于公民权的控制和界定就是其中之一。

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The Supreme Court rejected that, believing it would constitute "a radical shift of authority from states to the federal government to define general standards of medical practice in every locality."

但最高法院驳回了这一说法，并解释说如果采用这样的说法会造成“将各地区定义一般性医疗行为标准的权力从各州向联邦转移的根本性改变”。

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The federal government is giving responsibility for managing the bird to the same industries that are pushing it to extinction.

联邦政府正在把管理鸟类的责任交给那些同样是把鸟类推向灭绝的行业。

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As a congressman and a senator, he had voted against every attempt to give more power to the federal government.

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If the Fed wants to push the Federal Funds Rate up and down it goes and buys short-term government bonds.

如果联邦希望推动,联邦资金利率上升下降,它将会去买短期的政府债券。

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And then there's also quite a number of people who want to work in the federal government,

还有不少想到联邦政府工作，

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It was your money that the airline was passing along to the federal government.

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Mr. Sharif's party, however, hasn't said it will reject American aid to the federal government.

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Like Obama's plan, that legislation calls for moving cybersecurity authority to the federal government.

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