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Bush Heads Home to Contentious Congress(1/2)

President Bush says Monday's debate over a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will have no bearing on whether the long-time legal adviser stays in office.
布什总统表示，周一进行的对于现任司法部长Alberto Gonzales不信任投票的争论不会影响到该法律顾问在白宫的继续任职。

"I guess it reflects the political atmosphere of Washington, they can try to have their votes of no confidence, but it is not going to make the determination of who serves in my government."
“在我看来，这正好反映出了华盛顿的政治氛围，他们能够举办这所谓“不信任”的投票，但这并不能决定谁将在我的政府任职。”

The president told reporters in Bulgaria that he will decide whether Gonzales is effective or not, not legislators who he says are using a meaningless resolution to play politics.
总统在造访保加利亚时告知媒体， Gonzales是否尽职的判断权在他手中，而非那些借无谓的表决玩弄政权的立法者们。

"This process has been drug-out a long time, which says to me it is political, there is no wrong doing."
“这些把戏已摆弄好长时间了，在我看来它是具有政治预谋的，我不认为我们的司法部长有什么过错。”

Opposition Democrats are calling for the Attorney General's ouster over what they say is the politically-motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors. The Justice Department says those dismissals were based on poor performance.
另一方面，在野党的民主党人则极力要求司法部长下台，在他们看来司法部长应为自己处于政治目的而开除8名联邦检察官的渎职行为负责。而司法部门却认为该声讨所基于的证据不足。

During this trip to Europe, President Bush also suffered a set-back to his top legislative priority of the year: comprehensive immigration reform.
此次访欧期间，布什总统的最优先考虑的立法项目，即，移民政策的全面改革也遭遇挫折。

A bipartisan bill fell short of the votes it needed in the Senate because some members of the president's own party object to its provisions giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
这项两党连立的法案并未在参议员通过，因为一些布什政党的成员反对该法案中提出将给与非法移民者提供成为合法公民途径的条款。

dismissal n.免职, 解雇, 不予考虑
setback n.顿挫, 挫折, 退步, 逆流,
have no bearing on与...无关, 对...没有影响
play politics v.弄权
fell short of 不够长,没打中目标