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What's wrong with "both houses"?

zhangxl 写了： 2022年 10月 26日 18:48 both houses？你的英语还是这么搞笑

fortyNiner 写了： 2022年 10月 26日 21:43 What's wrong with "both houses"?

The 49er owns the highest English proficiency in this new mitbbs. Nobody dare question this. Sometimes they may say both chambers too.

I am flattered. I have no guts to claim that I have the most proficient English here, but I do have the guts to claim that my English, as least writing, is better than 80-90% of the American general population.

CalCat 写了： 2022年 10月 27日 01:07 The 49er owns the highest English proficiency in this new mitbbs. Nobody dare question this. Sometimes they may say both chambers too.

"both houses",

这个说法没有问题



https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guide ... f-congress

The Two Houses of Congress

Congress is divided into two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate is sometimes called the upper chamber and the House the lower chamber because the Founders thought that different sorts of people would be elected to these two bodies. House members face elections every two years in smaller districts, so the Founders thought that representatives would be closer to the people. In contrast, Senators were originally chosen by state legislatures, and with elections every six years and steeper eligibility requirements, the Founders believed that the Senate would serve as a voice for the nation's wealthy and established interests.

To a certain extent, the Founders correctly predicted differences between the two chambers. The Senate is more deliberative, with strict rules to encourage debate, and it follows decorous norms of behavior like those of some exclusive club. The House is a bit rowdier, allowing confrontational leaders like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to rise in influence.

But in other ways the Founders were mistaken. Senators have been directly elected by voters since the Seventeenth Amendment passed in 1913 and are much more likely to lose reelection campaigns — so they must work harder to curry favor if they want to keep their positions. Members of the House, by contrast, seldom lose their reelection bids unless they have been marked by scandal or their districts have changed. They are more insulated from the popular passions that America's Founders feared they would express.

fortyNiner 写了： 2022年 10月 26日 21:43 What's wrong with "both houses"?

Oh, I didn't realize that he didn't know it is ok to say "two houses".
I thought he meant I spelled "houses" wrong, and I double- and triple- checked.

最后十天见分晓

看现在的形势，

半数版友要希望成真了

CalCat 写了： 2022年 10月 21日 12:38 无论谁输谁赢，Joe Biden will be easily re-elected in 2024.

your dream. he is doomed. he is nice but he is seriously biased

我选：希望共和党夺回参院，民主党保住众院。
看来我是唯一一个。
我当然是希望GOP能夺回两院。不过我是川黑，希望Trump进监狱。
共和党夺回众院的话，很可能会取消 1.6 国会暴乱事件调查委员会。大大降低Trump被起诉的概率。所以还是希望猪党以微弱优势保住众院吧。

希望是本无所谓有,无所谓无的.这正如地上的路;

其实地上本没有路,走的人多了,也便成了路

matrix05 写了： 2022年 11月 2日 13:51 我选：希望共和党夺回参院，民主党保住众院。
看来我是唯一一个。
我当然是希望GOP能夺回两院。不过我是川黑，希望Trump进监狱。
共和党夺回众院的话，很可能会取消 1.6 国会暴乱事件调查委员会。大大降低Trump被起诉的概率。所以还是希望猪党以微弱优势保住众院吧。

你的two houses是对的。但是80-90%这个，就你写的这一段，也太扯淡了

fortyNiner 写了： 2022年 10月 27日 02:04 I am flattered. I have no guts to claim that I have the most proficient English here, but I do have the guts to claim that my English, as least writing, is better than 80-90% of the American general population.

All A's in three college English courses, 90+% of Americans cannot get that.

zhangxl 写了： 2022年 11月 2日 18:13 你的two houses是对的。但是80-90%这个，就你写的这一段，也太扯淡了

这个投票即将截止（11月7日之前）

请及时分享您的希望

我希望这次民主党输光，2024民主党也输光。
我已经对民主党完全不抱希望了。建制派真的可以说是背叛了人民背叛了左派背叛了党。

可以理解

shanghaibaba 写了： 2022年 11月 5日 18:12 我希望这次民主党输光，2024民主党也输光。
我已经对民主党完全不抱希望了。建制派真的可以说是背叛了人民背叛了左派背叛了党。

sweetsister 写了： 2022年 11月 5日 19:02 可以理解

党内高层都是佩罗西，HRC，九百吨这样的名左实右的大资本家的puppet

九百吨？是谁

shanghaibaba 写了： 2022年 11月 5日 19:48 党内高层都是佩罗西，HRC，九百吨这样的名左实右的大资本家的puppet

oh 明白了:

九百吨，就是 Joe Biden

sweetsister 写了： 2022年 11月 5日 20:02 九百吨？是谁

还有最后一天，表达您的期望

I agree. That's why I am never a Dem fan. I am just against Trump.

qiaka 写了： 2022年 11月 6日 09:52 共和党执政那几年，能源部，交通部等部门贴出很多职位招工程师。民主党上台这两年，那些部门再也没有招过工程师了。可见共和党是实际建设国家，实际搞经济的。民主党只会耍嘴皮子，不会搞经济建设，用中产阶级辛辛苦苦挣的血汗钱给黑墨非法移民等发福利。这次我选共和党。