I'd just been elected to the United States Senate.

我曾当选为美国院员。

There are 100 members of the Senate, 2 for each state.

院员共有100名，每州各有两名代表。

Al Gore was elected to the Senate in nineteen eighty-four. He was re-elected six years later.

戈尔于1984年当选为院员，六年后再次当选。

In the Senate, lawmakers serve six-year terms. And 34 Senate seats are up for election next month.

院员的任期是六年。下个有34个席位面临改选。

Harris first made history in California when she was elected to the US senate.

哈里斯第一次在加利福尼亚造历史当她当选为美国院员时。

She has many connections from all the years she was secretary of state and a member of the Senate.

担任国务卿院员的那些年，她积累了大量的人脉。

" The full Senate will begin considering judge Kavanaugh's nomination today" .

院全体员今天开始考虑对卡瓦诺法官的提名。

Law makers were dumbfounded to hear from General Austin that only 4 or 5 are still in the fight.

院员在听到奥斯汀司令称只有4到5人时都感到不可思。

And the House and the Senate left for the day earlier today.

今天早些时候，众院院的员离开了国会。

Senate lawmakers have signed off on a nearly 11-billion-dollar measure to keep money flowing for transportation improvements.

院员通过了一项近110亿美元的法案，以改善交通部门的资金流动。

In the other chamber, the U.S. Senate, members serve terms that last six years.

在另一个院，也就是美国院，员的任期为六年。

Next came the questions: Who could be elected to the House and Senate? Who would elect them?

接下来的问题是众院院员的员资格？由谁来推选？

While it was said to expire at midnight extended for 10 years by Senate lawmakers, the voice vote.

这项禁令原定于午夜时分到期，现在院员以口头表决的方式它延长了10年的时间。

Members of the Senate are called senators.

院员称为员。

And joining me now is one of those who testified before the Senate today.

现在与我连线的是今天在院作证的员之一。

The committee completed its hearings and prepared a report for the full Senate.

委员会完成了听证会，并为院的所有员准备了一份报告。

Some Americans also campaign for candidates to be elected to the House or Senate.

一些美国人还竞选候选人当选众院或院员。

Some of the largest leaders in tech high profile CEOs and members of the Senate met this week in Washington.

一些科技界的大领袖、高知名度的首席执行官院员本周在华盛顿会面。

By nineteen thirty-four, he was popular enough in the state to be nominated and elected to the United States Senate.

到了1934年，他在家乡的州颇受欢迎，提名并当选为美国院员。

But he stressed that most Republicans in the Senate did vote to uphold his emergency declaration.

但是他强调称，大多数院共党员投票维持他的国家紧急状态声明。