Though leftists groused that this was too weak a proposal, the news buoyed the spirits of public-plan advocates in the House.
尽管左派议员抱怨该方案过于弱化，但这一消息仍令众院支持“公共选择”的议员们感到振奋。The Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives called for a "moment of silence" .
身为民主党人的众院议长请议员“默哀”。After that, while the MDC and its allies had a slim majority in the lower house of parliament, Zimbabwe's slide into ruin continued.
之后，随着民革运及其同盟在国会众院中占微弱多数，津巴布韦的经济也持续滑向废墟。The Republicans failed to get the two-thirds majority they needed to rush the bill through in time for Mr Bush's visit.
众院共和党人未能获得在布什先生访问前仓促推动该法案过关所需的三分之二多数议员的支持。The legislation, passed by the Senate on Tuesday night, still has to be approved by the House of Representatives.
该提案已于本周二晚在参院通过，但还需提交众院批准。Frank's remarks came as House Republicans launched a new stage of pressure on majority Democrats and President Obama over that program.
弗兰克发表这番评论之际，众院共和党议员对多数党民主党和奥巴马总统的经济振兴计划施加了新一波压力。Such committees shall report, as appropriate, to their respective Houses on the results of their monitoring.
这些委员会将适当地向参院或众院报告监督的结果。But Democratic lawmakers accuse Republicans of seeking their own political advantage.
然而民主党议员指责共和党人寻求自己的政治利益。卡明斯众议员是众院监督委员会里的首席民主党人。Scot Faulkner worked for former President Ronald Reagan and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
斯科特.福克纳曾经为前总统罗纳德.里根和前国会众院议长纽特.金里奇工作过。