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废除奥巴马医改投票失败

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And in the day's other news, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that same-sex couples

其它方面,南卡罗来纳州最高法院作出判决,同性恋夫妻应享有
deserve the same protections from domestic violence as heterosexual couples.
与异性夫妻同等的家暴保护。
The court said that the state's existing law is unconstitutional.
并表示该州现存的法律法规不符合宪法之规定。
Several other states have already changed their laws on the issue.
其它州已经对此进行了更改。
Activists expressed hope that today's decision encourages more to do so.
活动人士希望今天的判决能够鼓励其它大州效仿。
The U.S. Senate voted down a proposal today to repeal the Affordable Care Act two years from now,
今天,参议院投票拒绝了两年之内废除奥巴马医改,

while it works on a replacement.

随之以特朗普医改法案代替的决定。
It was the latest sign that it is going to be tougher to win passage of a health care reform bill
此投票表明,要想让医改法案顺利通过
than it was just simply to get the votes yesterday to begin debate.
要比发起昨天的投票讨论难得多。
We will have a full report on this after the news summary.
随后我们将带来详细报道。

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President Trump took a new verbal shot at U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions today.

总统特朗普今天再次痛批司法部长塞申斯。
On Twitter, he complained that Sessions ought to fire acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe
特朗普在“推特”上抱怨称,塞申斯早应该撤换联邦调查局代理局长安德鲁·麦凯布,
for allegedly being too close to his fired predecessor, James Comey, and to Hillary Clinton.
原因是麦凯布曾与希拉里,以及之前被解雇的调查局长科米关系密切。
Even so, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders left open the possibility
即便如此,白宫新闻秘书萨拉·赫卡比·桑德斯表示,
that the president may decide to keep Sessions.
塞申斯很有可能留任。
He's obviously disappointed, but also wants the attorney general to continue to focus
他确实让人们感到失望,但还是希望他能
on the things the attorney general does.
继续履行自己的职责。
Look, you can be disappointed in someone, but still want them to continue to do their job.
你可以对某些人失望,但他们的工作还要继续。

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