CNNnews:美國政府達成臨時協(xié)議暫避財政懸崖

[00:00.01]It came down to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night, the Senate had already passed a temporary fix to the fiscal cliff, 在周二晚上美國眾議院終于進行了投票,參議院已經(jīng)就財政懸崖通過了一項臨時解決辦法, [00:09.29]but the House had to approve that plan and for the president to sign it and to make it law. 但眾議院必須批準這一計劃而且總統(tǒng)需要簽署使其成為法律。 [00:14.02]When the votes were counted, representatives have voted 257 to 161 to approve the plan. 而當計票時,代表們已經(jīng)以257票比161票贊成該計劃。 [00:21.12]It's not perfect. 然而它并不完美。 [00:22.01]Many lawmakers don't like it. 許多議員不喜歡。 [00:23.34]For one thing, it does not reduce government spending, something that will need to get done in order to reduce the debt. 首先,政府支出并沒有減少,需要做些事情以減少債務(wù)。 [00:29.54]It does raised taxes on families that make more than $450,000 a year. 法案確實提高了年收入超過450，000美元家庭的稅收。 [00:34.40]It's the first federal income tax hike since 1993. 這是自1993年以來聯(lián)邦所得稅的第一次上調(diào)。 [00:37.09]And it does put off some other tax raises and automatic government spending cuts that would have happened if no agreement had been made, 而且法案推遲了一些如果沒有達成協(xié)議將會發(fā)生的其他稅收的增加及政府自動削減支出, [00:46.11]but if the government had done this for a grade, it wouldn't be an A, 但如果政府真的做到這一層,結(jié)果就會是令人滿意的一個A, [00:49.26]it wouldn't really be an F. 它不會是真的F。 [00:51.01]It's be an incomplete. 它是不完整的。 [00:52.28]Christine Romans explains why. 克里斯汀·羅曼斯會為您解釋其中的原因。 [00:55.15]Part of the fiscal cliff was averted, but there are two big issues not addressed in the bill. 財政懸崖部分已被避免,但是仍有兩大問題沒有解決。 [01:00.06]The spending cuts or the sequester, that issue was delayed two months, Two, there's nothing represent the debt ceiling in this bill either. 削減開支還是扣押,這個問題被推遲了兩個月,第二，這個法案沒有什么代表債務(wù)上限。 [01:07.12]Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the government has officially reached its limit, its $16.394 debt limit. 美國財政部長蒂姆·蓋特納表示政府已正式達到界限，16.394美元的債務(wù)上限。 [01:13.00]Some analysts are warning that the gridlock in Washington is what could caused as even worse, more problems. 一些分析師警告稱華盛頓的僵局是可以造成甚至更糟,更多的問題。 [01:20.41]Steven Englander, CitiFX said, quote, “The process was so chaotic and the outcome so unsatisfactory, that we're likely to see a further U.S. downgrade at some point.” CitiFX的斯蒂芬·因格蘭德表示,這里我們引用其原話“如此混亂的過程招致了如此令人不滿意的結(jié)果, 在某種程度上我們很可能會看到美國進一步的衰落。” [01:29.28]All this drama in Washington could well put the breaks on Wall Street. 所有這些華盛頓的鬧劇很可能再次搞垮華爾街。 [01:33.30]Christine Romans, CNN New York. CNN新聞，克里斯汀·羅曼斯，紐約報道。 [01:37.49]Is this legit? 這是合法的嗎? [01:39.05]Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution focuses on the power of the presidency. 美國憲法的第一條集中于總統(tǒng)的權(quán)力嗎? [01:44.40]Em, not true, Article 1 is all about the powers of Congress. 恩,不是真的,第一條是關(guān)于國會的權(quán)力。 [01:53.15]There is new Congress in town, the 113th Congress of the United States, it's getting started today. 在新國會,美國的第113屆國會在今天開始。 [01:59.45]All 435 voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives were elected last November. 所有的435名美國眾議院投票議員于去年11月當選。 [02:05.20]Representatives serve two year terms, and they are chosen in even numbered years. 代表有2年的任期, 在甚至數(shù)年內(nèi)他們才會被選出。 [02:09.44]The more people a state has living in it, the more representatives it has in Congress. 一個州住的人越多,在國會就有越多的代表。 [02:14.03]And in the 113th Congress the House is controlled by Republicans who hold 234 seats, Democrats have 201 seats. 在第113屆國會眾議院是由占有234個席位的共和黨人控制,民主黨只有201個席位。 [02:22.44]Things are different in the Senate. 而在參議院卻截然不同。 [02:23.59]There are 100 Senators there, two for each state, and they serve six years terms, so only about a third of their seats were up for election in November. 這里有100名參議員,每州兩人,而他們的任期是6年,所以只有大約三分之一的席位是在11月進行選舉。 [02:32.26]Democrats have controlled the Senate with 53 seats, Republicans have 45 seats, and two seats are Independent, thought the Independents usually vote with the Democrats. 民主黨控制參議院的53個席位,而共和黨只有45個席位,兩邊席位歸屬無黨派人士,認為無黨派人士通常與民主黨人進行投票。 [02:42.16]Some of the top priority of the new Congress, a longer term solution of the fiscal cliff as we talked about, getting federal money to victims of Hurricane Sandy. 新國會的一些首要任務(wù),就如同我們剛才談?wù)摰膶τ谪斦已聦ふ乙粋€長期的解決方案,為颶風(fēng)桑迪的受害者籌得聯(lián)邦資金。 [02:50.46]And generally, figuring out what the government spends money on. 而且一般來說,搞清楚這個政府的開銷。 [02:54.29]With Democrats in control of the Senate and the presidency and Republicans in control of the House, you can see it's going to take compromise to get legislation passed. 隨著民主黨控制的參議院和總統(tǒng)和共和黨控制眾議院,你可以看到需要妥協(xié)才能使法案通過。

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