双语新闻【558】美共和党领袖考虑新国债方案

US Republican Leaders Looking for New Debt Plan

美共和党领袖考虑新国债方案

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are meeting Friday to once again revise their plan to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and cut government spending, just four days before the government faces a possible default on its financial obligations.

美国国会众议院共和党议员星期五召开会议，再次修改提高美国借贷上限同时削减政府开支的方案。目前距离美国政府可能面临债务违约仅剩四天时间。

Republican leaders were forced to delay on a vote Thursday night on a plan crafted by House Speaker John Boehner that would raise the country’s $14.3 trillion borrowing limit in exchange for more than $900 billion in spending cuts over the next 10 years. Boehner did not have enough Republican votes to pass the measure, and Democratic leaders said they were unanimously opposed to it.

星期四夜晚，共和党议员被迫推迟对共和党籍众议院议长约翰.贝纳的提高美国14.3万亿美元借贷上限的方案进行表决。 贝纳的方案要求以今后10年削减9千亿美元政府开支为提高美国借贷上限的条件。这一方案未能获得在众议院通过所需的足够共和党议员支持。民主党领袖表示，民主党议员将全体反对贝纳的方案。

Some Republicans, including those aligned with the party’s ultra-conservative Tea Party faction, opposed Boehner’s plan because it did not cut as much government spending as opponents wanted.

一些共和党议员，包括持极端保守派立场的茶党派系的共和党议员反对贝纳的方案，原因是这套方案对政府开支的削减小于反对者所希望的削减幅度。

If the debt limit is not increased by Tuesday, the U.S. could run out of money to pay all its debts, which would push the government into its first-ever default.

如果美国的借贷上限不能在下星期二前提高，美国将可能没有资金支付其所欠债务，从而使美国政府有史以来首次出现债务违约。