46.What is the political party of the President now?
46.现任总统属于哪个政党？
Answer: Republican (Party)
答案：共和党
Explanation: Senators, representatives, and the president of the United States almost all have political affiliations (or membership in a political party), but not necessarily the same ones.
解释：参议员、众议员和美国总统大都有自己的政党（或某个政党的成员），但不一定都是相同的wO%k39jCQ@。
Sometimes most of the members of Congress have the same political affiliation that the president does.
有时大多数国会议员与总统的政党相同x=n1X|nJJC,4+0h4A。
When that happens, making laws is usually easy, because Congress and the president have the same beliefs about what the government should do.
当这种情况出现的时候，制定法律通常很容易，因为国会和总统在政府应该怎么做方面意见一致6DSTn+Vwcd4=[。
Congress makes laws and the president approves them.
国会制定法律，然后总统批准]dAO0XeSfcW0l+。
At other times, things don't work as smoothly (or easily).
也有时候，事情并不会那么顺利（或容易）Vfhe([C!M)-。
Congress has one political affiliation, but the president has another political affiliation.
国会属于一个政党，而总统却属于另一个政党_)Qt~%#v+HJMWVo^;i。
When that happens, it is more difficult to make laws, because Congress and the president do not agree on what the government should do.
当这种情况出现的时候，国会制定法律就更困难，因为国会和总统在政府应该怎么做方面意见向左Syf*n7q6Tf.A9)8BQ]l2。
Congress might pass a law, but when it goes to the president for approval, he or she may not sign it (or put his or her name on it to show that it is okay to make it a law).
国会可能会通过一项法律，但把它递交给总统批准时，他或她可能不会签署（或在它上面写上名字来表明可以让它成为法律）@LxEnWqk=p+tF~QM7Vl。

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