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This is AP News Minute.

Republicans are celebrating after their tax bill passed the Senate by a 51-48 vote. House votes again Wednesday. The GOP says the plan will help middle class families but democrats¹ call it a giveaway for the rich.

Investigators² are trying to figure out why the Amtrak train that derailed in Washington State was going more than twice the speed limit. Early details indicate a conductor-in-training was in the cab with the engineer when the train went off the rails.

Cardinal³ Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston has died. He was 86. Back in 2002 it was revealed that Law and other church leaders transfered priests that molested⁴ children without notifying police, parents.

And a dozen people are dead, about twenty others injured including seven Americans when a bus carrying cruise ship passengers to Mayan ruins flipped⁵ over in Southern Mexico.

Matt Small, the Associated Press, with the AP News Minute.

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1 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》

2 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cardinal
n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的
参考例句：
This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。 The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

4 molested
v.骚扰( molest的过去式和过去分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵
参考例句：
The bigger children in the neighborhood molested the younger ones. 邻居家的大孩子欺负小孩子。来自《简明英汉词典》 He molested children and was sent to jail. 他猥亵儿童，进了监狱。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 flipped
轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )；按（开关）；快速翻转；急挥
参考例句：
The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。 The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

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