The trigger for the latest barrage was the jobs bill Barack Obama submitted to Congress last month.

上个月巴拉克•奥巴马向国会递交的就业法案触发了最近一次的交火。

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The fiscal stimulus bill passed by Congress last month includes $8.2bn in new tax dollars for the National Institutes of Health.

上个月国会通过的财政刺激方案中，包括82亿美元拨给国家医疗研究院（National Institutes of Health）。

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The version of the bill passed by the Brazilian Congress last month would have allowed for huge areas of the country, which had been illegally logged before July 2008, to be opened up to farming.

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At the last minute, Congress extended the bill for one more month.

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Last month India passed a new bill containing harsher punishments, including the death penalty, for rapists.

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