美国有线新闻 CNN 美国第116届国会迎分裂国会 两党能否达成妥协成关键

 

Yesterday was like school picture day for dozens of new members of the next U.S. Congress, the 116th Congress in American history, except that their new semester hasn't started yet and a handful of House and Senate contests haven't been decided¹ yet. The results of last weeks midterm elections are still uncertain in a few states.

But those who know or expect they'll be part of the 116th Congress now have a few elections of their own. One of them, who will be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives? This position leads the majority party in the House. Democrats³ became that party in the midterms. So they have to decide if the House Speaker will be Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, who's held the job before or if another Democrat² has enough support to take the job.

Another position to be filled is House Minority Leader, which leads the party with fewer House seats. Republicans became that party in the midterms, so they had to decide if the House Minority Leader would be Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, currently the second most powerful Republican in the House or if another Republican would get the job. Yesterday afternoon they elected Representative McCarthy.

The majority and minority whips still have to be decided, both in the House and the Senate and as? far as Senate leadership goes, this chamber⁴ didn't change hands in the midterms. Republicans maintained their control. So analysts⁵ expect that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will keep their current jobs.

A big question for both parties with Democrats controlling the House and Republicans controlling the Senate is will they be able to compromise. In order to get any major legislation passed, they'll have to. The 116th U.S. Congress will get to work on January 3rd, 2019 and run through the same date in 2021.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

5 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。