Lawmakers are under pressure to act quickly because their August recess is approaching.

议员们正承受着迅速采取行动的压力，因为他们八月份的休会即将来临。

It will probably run until the beginning of next summer.

新会可能持续到明年夏季初。

Every year of his presidency, he went to Congress and delivered a spoken address telling them what had happened while they were on recess and giving some suggestions for what they might consider in the upcoming term.

在他担任总统的每一年，他都会去国会表口头演讲，告诉他们在休会生了什么，并提出一些他们可能在即将到来的任内考虑的建议。

Do you suppose in the lame-duck session they might prefer to pick one of these people, as sort of moderate liberal, compared to the unknown that they might get from the next President Clinton or Sanders?

你认为他们是会在“跛脚鸭会”从这些候选人中选择一个类似于温和自由派的人选，还是在克林顿或桑德斯担任下届总统时提名还不确定的人选？

He has said, he does not want to serve through another Parliament, and wishes to give his successor a good run-up to the next election.

他说他不再干一届议会会了，而且让继任者在下次选举前有充足准备。

US Supreme Court today cut back on the power of the President to temporarily filll senior government's position while the senate is in recess.

今天，美国法院削减了总统在参议院休会暂时填补政府级职位的权力。

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is cutting short lawmakers' summer recess with a vote expected Saturday on legislation that would prohibit changes at the agency.

众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)缩短了议员们的夏季休会，预计周六将对一项立法进行表决，这项立法将禁止对该机构进行改革。

The move is being made after the ruling coalition rejected calls for extending the current ordinary parliamentary session, which ends on Wednesday.

此前，执政联盟拒绝了延长当前的国会会的要求，该会将于周三结束。

People will remember for years that Bonnie sat on my lap while I helped run the Republicans out of this state.

人们会记住，当我在帮助把共和党人赶出这个州时，邦妮就坐在我膝上呢。

Some adjustments, including a shortened duration and streamlined news conferences, have been announced to minimize virus infection risk during the session.

为尽量减少会议的病毒感染风险，将做出一些调整，包括缩短会和精简新闻布会等。

About a hundred members of Parliament want to recall Parliament. They want to - earlier during the summer recess.

英国议会中大约有100名成员希望议会提前结束休会。他们希望缩短夏季休会。

But on the sidelines of the annual meeting, the pandemic was still very much part of the conversation.

但在休会，新冠疫情仍然是讨论的主要内容。

Congress's lame duck session began yesterday.

国会的跛鸭会于昨天开始。

This year's session will be shorter than previously planned because of COVID-19.

由于新冠肺炎，今年的会将比原计划缩短。

The fight to end the pandemic of COVID-19 took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week.

本周，在联合国大会休会，结束新冠疫情的斗争已经展开。

It's considering bills on government funding, tax breaks, fighting Ebola in West Africa, arming rebels in Syria's civil war.

这次会考量政府的拨款方案, 减税, 抗击西非的埃博拉疫情及为叙利亚内战的反抗军提供装备等等议题。

He's been considering taking executive action making controversial changes to U.S. immigration law, and he may act during Congress's lame duck session.

他对于美国移民法律做出的具有争议的行政改革一直饱受质疑, 而且他可能在跛鸭会有所动作。

The evidently did not anticipate Boris Johnson's illegal prorigation of parliament.

他们显然没有预料到鲍里斯·约翰逊非法延长议会会。

Those smaller meetings are usually called sessions.

这些小型会议通常被称为“会”。

Congress was nearing the end of its session, and if they could strip the request for funding, and instead focus on Forbes' proposal to use a Navy ship to bring direct aid, they might still have a chance.

国会即将结束其会，如果他们能剥离资金请求，转而专注于福布斯提出的利用海军舰艇直接提供援助的提议，他们仍有机会。