GOP指共和党，是该党别称Grand Old Party的缩写，字面意思为“大老党”。该词起源于1875年，大象和驴这两个代表两党的动物形象也是在这个时期变得深入人心。

The Senate approved the bill early Thursday, which will roll back 9 billion U.S. dollars Congress had allocated to foreign aid and public broadcasting. With a voting result of 51-48, the bill was ...