1.On Christmas Eve Barack Obama embarked on a delayed holiday in Hawaii, having lingered to watch the Senate pass its health bill.
奥巴马推迟假期，留在华盛顿，直到看着参院通过其医改议案，才于圣诞节前夜赴夏威夷度假。
2.The Senate pass the food-safty bill , it will give the FDA more power to order product recalls.
参议院通过条食物安全法案，这将给FDA更多的权力来命令产品召回。
3.Should the full Senate pass the resolution and Congress's appropriators respect it, the commission's primary job will be done.
如果参议院全票通过，同时国会的划拨者能加以尊重，那么“削减赤字委员会”的首项任务就能完成。