Over thepast six years the House Republicans have repeatedly snuffled up the sugar that had been meant to make the bitter pill of entitlement reform go down, without swallowing the hard stuff.

• 在过去超过六年（的时间）众议院共和党人在没有耗尽现金的情况下，已经反复地嗅着去找那个已经意味着减少制造”合法权利改革”苦药丸的糖。