奥巴马就债务上限谈判发表演讲
President Obama”s Sunday evening debt-ceiling speech
Good evening. There are still some very important votes to be taken by members of Congress, but I want to announce that the leaders of both parties, in both chambers, have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default — a default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy。
晚上好。现在国会议员还有一些重要的票要投，但是我要宣布参众两院的两党领导人已经达成削减赤字和避免债务违约的协议，债务违约将给美国经济带来灾难性影响。
The first part of this agreement will cut about $1 trillion in spending over the next 10 years — cuts that both parties had agreed to early on in this process. The result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since Dwight Eisenhower was President — but at a level that still allows us to make job-creating investments in things like education and research. We also made sure that these cuts wouldn”t happen so abruptly that they”d be a drag on a fragile economy。
协议的第一部分要求在未来10年里削减约1万亿美元的开支，而削减开支这项内容在投票表决的初期两党就已经一致同意。这将使美国的年度国内开支降至自艾森豪威尔总统以来的最低水平，但是在这个开支水平我们还能投资诸如教育和研究等领域来创造就业机会。我们保证不会过急削减开支以免拖累脆弱
