CNN 2010-12-13

Order, the ayes to the right 323, the noes to the left 302, so ayes have it, the ayes have it.

323 saying yes, 302 saying no, the measure passes. This information is going to now trickle¹ down to those who were outside.

This polling is disgraced. So, I got …ah… more than 12 cousins. And they are all going to universities at this May. They are all gonna be basically devastated² by the standard. But parents are gonna be devastated by the standard. It's not just tuition fees, it's living cost as well, unaffordable for our middle-class state, but look, we have no one to talk it to them. So, they are just offering more pressure to us.

Operation payback is actually the focus behind our group called Anonymous³ and they've actually been around for a while but they are loosely organized group. They goes after various organizations they felt that they wronged us focus in some way. This is a group that has moved from coast to coast if you can call that. Most recently, they are kinda going after opponents of internet piracy⁴ and they've now launched on Wikileaks. This is the announce serves as a fact. We've talked a lot, lot about that over years. I've been basically taking control over a lot of machines and using those machines, computer like you and I might have, and actually directing a lot of bogus traffic towards these various websites. Primarily, they are gonna up on Paypal, Visa and Mastercard because they are just sites of kind of stopping supporting some of the financial contributions to Wikileaks.

It's 57: 40, so this measure has failed. The Senate has failed to move forward to stop debate on the defense⁵ bill that includes the 'do not ask do not tell' repeal⁶. And this is (huge)…As Wolf said earlier, it means that the whole idea of repealing⁷ this policy which does have, if you look at public opinion polls, broad support across the country. It's likely not going, very likely not going to happen this year. And it'll be whole lot harder in the next Congress when Republicans have the House, a majority, and a lot more seats in the Senate. So this is a big blow to supporters of a repeal of the 'don't ask don't tell' policy.

This message today is very simple that the in the form that was negotiate, it is not acceptable to the House Democratic Caucus⁸. It's as simple as that. We will continue to try and work with the White House, our Republican colleagues after trying to make sure that we do something that is responsible for the American people, right for the economy, right for jobs, and fair and balanced package as we go forward.  

1 trickle   

vi.淌，滴，流出，慢慢移动，逐渐消散

参考例句：

• The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
• The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

2 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

3 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

4 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

7 repealing   

撤销，废除( repeal的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• In addition, repealing the alternative minimum tax would also help. 此外，废除替代性最低税也会有所帮助。
• Repealing the investment tax credit. 取消投资税款扣除。

8 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。