If the Administration won't take the legislative initiative, Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation measures.
如果政府不争取立法上的主动权，国会就应该帮助政府开始采取保护措施。
英语百科
Right of initiative (legislative)
The right of (legislative) initiative is the constitutionally defined power to propose a new law (bill).
The right of initiative is usually attributed to parliaments, which in most countries have the right to make law proposals, alone or sharing this right with the government.