I have heard reports of specific meetings within the past few weeks in which senior Members of Congress have been directly pressuring Dr.Elmendorf to cut them some slack on scoring.

• 过去几周，我听过一些特别会议的报告，高级国会议员已经直接向埃尔曼多夫博士施加压力，要求他在得分裁决上通融一下。