Nor had it agreed on how those representatives would be elected.

就如何选举这些代表的问题上也没有达成共识。

Let us keep our union and our government by the people through their elected representatives.

让我们通过人民选出的代表来维护我们的联邦政府。

Most of the time, our elected and appointed representatives were no match for these overachievers.

大多数时候，我们选举并任命的代表们都根本无法与这些成就异常突出的人相提并论。

Well, surely, Minister, it's reasonable to expect that one of our elected representatives should have a chance of survival.

不过，大臣，这也在情理之中，让一位我们的民选代表有一线生机。

To make matters worse, Maduro has defied his own people, stealing power from their elected representatives to preserve his disastrous rule.

更糟糕的是，马杜罗已经背叛了国家民众，他从人民手中窃取权力，以维系他灾难般的统治。

The draft stated, " It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives."

“从现在开始，要遵守宪法，把堕胎权交回人民选举产生的代表手中。”

But the ruling reinforces the need for citizens and their elected representatives, not the courts, to ensure equality of access to government.

但是，公民及他们选举出来的代表，而非法院，必须确保接触政府部门的途径是平等的，而这一判决强化了这种必要性。

First, Congress (the group of elected national representatives) passes (or approves) a special law to change or add something to the Constitution.

首先，国会（一组选举出来的国民代表）批准专门的法律来变更或添加宪法。

In many ways, the contemporary populist attack on " experts" is born out of the same resentment as the attack on elected representatives.

当代民粹主义者对“专家”的攻击和对民选代表的攻击在很多方面源自同样的怨恨。

He focused more on negotiations, on relationships with other elected representatives.

他更多地关注谈判，与其他民选代表的关系。

Today, Washington, D.C., has both a group of elected representatives and a mayor.

今天，华盛顿特区既有一群民选代表，也有一位市长。

What had changed, says Hayden, was " a growing unwillingness of the American people to outsource this oversight and validation to their elected representatives."

海登还说，不一样的是，“美国民众越来越不愿意将这种监督和验证的工作委托给他们遴选出的代表了。”

It was America's oldest lawmaking body made up of elected representatives.

它是美国历史最悠久的立法机构， 由民选代表组成。

" A victory here for us means that this issue returns to the people and their legislatures and their elected representatives where the debate belongs."

我们在这里的胜利意味着这个问题属于人民，属于立法机关和当选代表，这个辩论属于他们。

On the other hand, statistics (together with elected representatives) performed an adequate job of supporting a credible public discourse for decades if not centuries. What changed?

另一方面，统计数据(以及民选代表)在几十年甚至几百年的时间里在支持可信的公众话语方面发挥了足够的作用。那么它改变了什么？

The story was picked up by mainstream media and it caught the attention of a local elected representative who promised to build a bridge.

这个故事被主流媒体转载，并引起了一位承诺修建桥梁的当地民选代表的注意。

However, the U.S. Senate, which is part of our elected representatives in Washington, D.C., approved O'Connor, and she became a member of the Supreme Court.

然而，作为我们在华盛顿特区选出的代表的一部分的美国参议院批准了奥康纳，她成为了最高法院的成员。

In response, the New York Assembly petitioned Parliament and claimed that as British subjects, they would only accept taxes imposed by their own elected representatives.

对此，纽约议会向议会请愿， 声称作为英国臣民，他们只接受自己选出的代表征收的税款。

Well, we begin with " Congress, " that's the group of the elected representatives: the House of Representatives and the Senate, a total of 535 people.

好吧，我们从“国会”开始，这是民选代表的群体：众议院和参议院， 总共535人。

Demand that your elected representatives can give you answers to your questions, and answers that you can live with and that billions of others can live with too.

要求你选出的代表可以回答你的问题，以及你可以接受并且其他数十亿人也可以接受的答案。