1·It is hard to negotiate with a fellow lawmaker if the next minute you walk out on the steps and call [him] a weasel.
如果你刚一走出楼梯就称他为黄鼠狼（双关语：狡猾的人），那你很难跟立法者同事进行谈判。
2·In the years after his failed White House bid, Mr. Kennedy also established himself as someone who made "lawmaker" mean more than a word used in headlines to describe any member of Congress.
他进军白宫失败后的那些年，肯尼迪还致力于把自己打造成一个真正的“立法者”，而不是仅仅出现在报刊标题上，用来指代国会中任一成员的词汇。
3·And when a vote is near, Heritage gives every lawmaker an easily digestible two-page document explaining what the bill contains and what its effects might be.
当投票临近时，传统基金会给每一位立法者一份两页的摘要，解释账单的内容与其带来的影响。