House lawmakers on Friday attempted, but failed, to pass a bill to extend the moratorium even for a few months.

周五，众议院议员们试图通过一项法案，将这一禁令延长几个月，但以失败告终。

Now they’re denying her a vote until they can figure out how to pass a bill on a completely unrelated issue.

现在，他们想等到制定并通过一部与之毫无干系的法案之后再对她进行投票。

Republicans are trying to pass a bill on election procedures that critics say is intended to curb voting by blacks and Hispanics.

共和党人正试图通过一项关于选举程序的法案，批评者称，该法案旨在限制黑人和拉美裔选民的投票。

Congress faces a deadline of midnight on September 30th to pass a bill to keep the federal government funded.

国会面临 9 月 30 日午夜通过一项法案以维持联邦政府资金的最后期限。

And to Governor Edwards, I implore you to work with our legislature to pass a bill that ends life without parole.

对于爱德华兹州长，我恳请你与我们的立法机构合作，通过一项法案，结束无假释的生命。

I know how hard this is to pass a bill like this. What was helpful to us, that we didn't have Senate leadership playing armchair quarterback with us.

我知道通过这样的法案有多难。对我们有帮助的是，我们没有参议院领导与我们一起扮演纸上谈兵的四分卫。

In other words, vote again to pass the law, but that is not very common and requires a lot more votes than simply to pass a bill in the first place.

换句话说，再次投票通过法律，但这并不常见， 而且需要比最初简单地通过法案多得多的票数。