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Before the roll call, Representative Smith declared a live pair, allowing his colleague to be absent while he recorded his own vote as present.
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Before the roll call, Representative Smith declared a live pair, allowing his colleague to be absent while he recorded his own vote as present.
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live pair
Noun
US
(US,
politics)
Two
members
of
Congress
who
would
have
otherwise
cast
opposing
votes,
but
who
form
an
agreement
whereby
one
announces
the
couple
is
a
live
pair
and
registers
his
or
her
own
vote
as
present
rather
than
for
or
against.
Although
not
recognized
or
recorded
in
vote
tallies,
the
effect
is
to
allow
the
other
member
to
be
absent
without
affecting
the
outcome
of
the
vote.
Japanese Meaning
（米国政治用語）通常は相反する投票をするはずの2人の議員が、合意により1人が「ライブペア」として出席扱いになり、実際の賛否票には含まれず、もう1人が不在でも議決結果に影響を与えないようにする協定に基づく関係を指す。
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