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hiromichi
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:39 am Post subject: Trump Embraces a Path to Ease U.S. Sentencing |
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What does "stake the success of" mean?
Senators have staked the success of the bipartisan agreement on President Trump, but powerful pockets of opposition remain among some law enforcement officials and conservative lawmakers. _________________ Hiromichi |
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Lorikeet
Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Trump Embraces a Path to Ease U.S. Sentencing |
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hiromichi wrote: |
What does "stake the success of" mean?
Senators have staked the success of the bipartisan agreement on President Trump, but powerful pockets of opposition remain among some law enforcement officials and conservative lawmakers. |
The Senators have a bipartisan agreement, but President Trump has to agree to it. So the success of the agreement is dependent on the president. |
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hiromichi
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Lorikeet:
I see. Thank you very much. _________________ Hiromichi |
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