The job of this Electoral Commission was

选举委员会的工作是
to investigate the voting returns of

审查路易斯安那弗罗里达
the three disputed states of Louisiana,

和南卡罗莱纳这三个存在争议的州
Florida and South Carolina.

的投票结果
They were to study the returns.

他们将审核投票的结果
The Democrats in Congress initiated a long filibuster,

国会的民主党人开始不遗余力的
and they held it.

阻碍国会通过提案
They started a filibuster

76年12月他们开始长期对抗
in December of '76 and they're still doing it.

阻碍国会通过提案
They're reading city directories and whatever other garbage--

他们随意翻看居民地址录和垃圾分录
they didn't have phone books yet.

他们甚至没有电话簿
They were just reading newspaper articles, day in and day out,

他们只是每天在国会读报[而不议政]