The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly.

预计参议院将很快通过这项议案。

The gamut of committees that the bill must pass in the Senate may yet save it, though probably at a hefty price.

而法案在参议院必须获得通过的全体各类委员会也许会拯救它，尽管付出较高的代价。

Because this is a new bill, the Senate has to pass it too.

因为这是一个新议案，参议院也必须予以通过。

The Senate is expected to pass the bill Wednesday.

预计参议院星期三会通过这项议案。

The Greens will hold the balance of power in the new Senate, potentially offering a chance for some of the government's controversial plans to pass.

绿党将在新参议院的实力均衡中起到举足轻重的作用，为通过一些有争议的法案提供了潜在的机会。

The January data will increase the pressure on the Senate to pass a jobs bill.

一月数据显示将对参议院施压，迫使通过一项工作法案。

Republican House Speaker John Boehner called on the Senate to pass the House bill.

共和党籍众议院议长贝纳要求参议院通过众议院法案。

He could, for instance, have urged the House to pass the Senate health bill, which is imperfect but better than nothing; or he could have reached out to Republicans by offering compromises.

他可以，比方说，促使众议院通过参议院的医保议案，即使它有遗憾之处，但也比没有强。或者，他可以和共和党交换些条件。

With the bill struggling to pass the Senate, the support of influential companies will give it a boost.

在这项议案努力通过参议院认可的时候，大公司的支持会起到一个极大的激励作用。

The Senate still needs to pass this legislation quickly.

参议院仍有必要尽快通过该法案。

Photo: a pair of sisters dressed as a grape and a carrot pass out plates to Senate staffers in Washington, D.C., with a message urging them to pass a nutrition bill.

图：华盛顿特区，一对身穿葡萄服和胡萝卜服的姐妹向参议员分发盘子以传递督促他们通过营养议案的信息。

Photo: a pair of sisters dressed as a grape and a carrot pass out plates to Senate staffers in Washington, D. C., with a message urging them to pass a nutrition bill.

图：华盛顿特区，一对身穿葡萄服和胡萝卜服的姐妹向参议员分发盘子以传递督促他们通过营养议案的信息。

Geithner has been burdened by thin staffing as he tries to get nominees to the Senate who can pass muster.

当他试图获得提名的参院通过之前，盖特纳一直作为一般工作人员工作。

I find it hard to imagine how the Senate will pass any kind of budget this year.

我觉得参议院今年很难通过任何预算。

The Senate now looks likely to pass a health bill in the footsteps of the House.

参议院现在看起来可能会步众议院后尘通过医改法案。

After all, the Senate couldn't even pass a proposal to set up a commission to recommend cuts that wouldn't go into effect until fiscal 2012.

毕竟，参院上下甚至连通过提案组建一个委员会来提出在2012财年才能实施的削减也办不到。

And it is not clear when, or even if, the Senate will pass a comparable act to reduce emissions.

而且并不清楚什么时候甚至参议院将通过相对法案来减排。

The Senate should pass the resolution to prod the court into the 21st century.

参议院理应通过该提案以迫使最高院进到这个二十一世纪来。

The Senate is now in the process of using reconciliation — rule by simple majority — to try to pass health care.

现在，参议院正在试图通过和谐化（reconciliation）——简单多数人的统治——来通过医改法案。

On January 21st, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, even declared “without any change, I don't think it's possible to pass the Senate bill in the House...I don't see the votes for it.

众议院发言人南希•佩洛西（Nancy Pelosi）甚至于1月21日宣称：“我认为如果参议院的提案不作改动的话，是不会被通过的…我还没见到有支持票。”

Hard as it is to believe, at one point Obama was urging the House and Senate to pass legislation by three weeks after they began debating it.

尽管这有点难以置信，但是奥巴马还曾一度勒令众议院和参议员在辩论开始后的三周内通过这项法案。

The full Senate will take up the matter after this week’s Thanksgiving recess, with the leadership keen to pass it before Christmas.

参议院全体在本周感恩节假期后将开始从事这件事，领导层非常想在圣诞节之前通过这项法案。

The tax cut compromise brokered by the White House and Congressional Republicans was scheduled for its first vote in the Senate on Monday afternoon. Lawmakers expect it to pass easily.

白宫和国会的共和党人就减税问题达成妥协，该方案将于周一在参议院举行首轮投票，外界预计立法机构将轻易通过减税计划。

The Senate must pass long-stalled legislation that could strengthen the hand of regulators to prevent and control outbreaks of all food-related illnesses.

参议院应当使停顿了很久的法律制定出来，以加大监管力度防控一切与食品有关的疾病爆发。

So for now, the only bills likely to pass either the House or the Senate will be non-binding, symbolic ones, and the dollars will keep flowing.

于是，就目前情形来看，两院最终可能通过的法案都将是毫无约束力的空头文书，而钱财将依旧哗哗往外流。

In coming days, the U. S. Senate is expected to pass a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

在接下来的几天内，美国参议院预计将针对当前财政年度的剩余通过一项支出法案。

Following years of lobbying by bricks-and-mortar stores, the US Senate is expected today to pass a bill that would help end tax-free online shopping.

经过实体商店多年的游说，美国参议院预计将在今日通过一项法案，将有助于终结网上购物免税的局面。