Local people 's congresses at and above the county .
县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会设。
Under pressure to respond to the problem of stagnating incomes , successive presidents and congresses opened a flood of mortgage credit .
而收入停滞带来的问题，对社会产生了巨大压力，因此，历届总统和国会都力推大规模抵押贷款。
Local people 's congresses at various levels are local organs of state power .
地方各级人民代表大会是地方国家权力机关。
When nancy pelosi first became speaker , she joked , " after giving away the gavel in the last two congresses , I 'm glad someone else had the honour today . "
Many are under the misapprehension that it is a vote to authorise new spending , not permission to pay the bills that this and earlier congresses have already run up .
