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to pass more bills in the 21st century

在 21世纪通过更多法案

Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared.

更糟糕的是，维持你和家人生活以及支付账单的关键收入已经消失。

This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.

这就是为什么近年来多次改革立法尝试都失败了，导致邮政服务只能通过推迟关键的现代化进程来支付账单。

A pair of bills sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Jason Lewis and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad, to ensure "gender parity" on boards and commissions, provide a case in point.

由马萨诸塞州参议员杰森·刘易斯和众议院临时议长帕特里夏·哈达德共同发起的两项法案，旨在确保委员会和董事会的"性别平等"，就是一个典型的例子。

If the bills become law, state boards and commissions will be required to set aside 50 percent of board seats for women by 2022.

如果这些法案成为法律，到2022年，州委员会和董事会将被要求将50%的席位保留给女性。