美众议院将表决共和党债务提案一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料美众议院将表决共和党债务提案一托福阅读机经背景 The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on a Republican plan to trim government spending and raise the federal borrowing limit. The vote comes days before a deadline to avert a possible default on U.S. debt obligations that President Barack Obama says would trigger financial “Armageddon.” Regardless of how the House votes, the bill is considered dead-on-arrival in the upper chamber. 美国众议院7月28日(星期四)晚些时候就共和党方面提出的削减政府开支、同时提高借贷上限的议案，进行投票。不管众议院的投票结果如何，民主党人占据多数的参议院方面已经明确表示，对众议院共和党人的这项议案，根本不会予以考虑。 At a time when political gridlock threate