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By Dan Robinson
Capitol Hill
28 March 2007

Majority Democrats 2 and President Bush still appear headed on a collision course over legislation to fund the war in Iraq.  From Capitol Hill, VOA's Dan Robinson reports Democratic leaders in the House and Senate believe they have gained momentum 3 from a Senate vote Tuesday to retain language on a troop withdrawal 4 by next year, even though the president again accused Democrats of harming U.S. troops.






House Speaker Nancy Pelosi


Nancy Pelosi (28 Mar 1 2007)



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Tuesday's Senate vote rejecting a Republican amendment 5 to remove withdrawal language from the Senate measure strengthens the hand of those trying to bring U.S. troops home.


She suggests the president does not appear to be listening to public opinion when he threatens to veto a Democratic-crafted bill to fund Iraq and Afghanistan military operations.


"Both Houses have spoken very clearly that the public has lost faith in the conduct of this war and the president's conduct of it, and that they want accountability, no more blank checks, no more open-ended commitment to a war without end," she said.


In addition to withdrawal timelines, the House and Senate bills contain billions of dollars requested by the president for military operations in Iraq as well as Afghanistan.


Senate legislation states that a U.S. troop pullout must begin within 120 days of an affirmative vote in that chamber 6, with a goal of redeploying troops out of Iraq by March 31, 2008. 


This is in contrast to the House bill, which contains a binding 7 call for withdrawal no later than the end of August of next year.


Pelosi predicts that timetable language will be preserved in a final spending bill after House and Senate negotiators meet to resolve differences between their separate versions.


In his latest remarks Wednesday on the issue, President Bush again threatened a veto, asserting that Democrats are jeopardizing 8 the welfare of U.S. forces in the field.


"The clock is ticking for our troops in the field," he said.  "Funding for our forces in Iraq will begin to run out in mid-April.  Members of Congress need to stop making political statements, and start providing vital funds for our troops."


Joining Congresswoman Pelosi later, Senate Democratic leader Harry 9 Reid said the president's statements make it obvious "that [the president] doesn't want anything other than confrontation 10."


Still, Reid says Democrats remain ready for discussions with the president on the legislation.


"We stand ready, willing and able to discuss with him what is in our bills," he noted 11.  "And we have written him a letter, signed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and majority leader in the Senate, saying Mr. President, we have done what we have done, we feel extremely comfortable, because we are speaking for the American people and you would also understand what the American people are saying."


Senator Reid says Democrats would like to have the president's input 12 before a final measure emerges from Congress after a House-Senate conference to reconcile differences in the respective bills.


Most Republicans in Congress support the president in opposing any timetable, saying it would only give insurgents 13 and al-Qaida forces in Iraq a chance to prepare in advance.




vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟
  • It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
  • Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
有约束力的,有效的,应遵守的
  • The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
  • Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
危及,损害( jeopardize的现在分词 )
  • Plans may also become inefficient in the attainment of objectives by jeopardizing group satisfactions. 用危及群体利益方法去达到目标的计划,也是无效率的。
  • That boosted government revenues in the short term, but is now jeopardizing them. Morales将天然气工业,电信业和部分采矿业收归国有的举措吓跑了投资者们。
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.输入(物);投入;vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
  • I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
  • All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
学英语单词
(Robaxin)Methocarbamol
a. ophthalmica
aitcs
angular dispersion
antique-dealer
aureolarias
Banteay Chey
be mounted
bichats
bumper jar
butt-chin
cardiac disease in toxemia of pregnancy
cercis likiangensis chun
certificate of beneficial interest
Chang Kuo
changeless
chion-
colega
collie eye anomaly
component truss
comprehensive confirming house shipment policy
congenital retinal fold
contact insertion and withdrawal force
contractualises
deblending
design proposal
desklamps
desksize computer
diffuse choroidal sclerosis
disappear to
downward storke
dynamic discovery
earning related benefit
ensta
entergy
Erypin
essential enzyme
flat-topped ridge
flow dichroism
follower stud
four-legged friends
gailliard
gas seep
goes down the drain
golfdom
heavy tail
high pressure adjusting spring
hollow-point
home reservation
humariaceous
indicating potentiometer
ironless armature
isopia
jet channelling
kirchoff's law
metallocarboxypeptidase
micro-fiche
milky tea
mistaker
moity wool
multiplication of determimants
navigation system
NAVMEDATASERVCEN
neoprene sponge
nine-tracks
nodi lymphatici cervicales anteriores
oftmentioned
on maturity
on roder
osteohalisteresis
outer iteration
output of column
Pahārikhera
paramyoclonus multiplex
pda-based
perrutenate
personal supremacy
photoconductive thermal-plastic polymer material
phyllosticta amorphophalli
picoeukaryotes
plavacridin
polar positioning system
pterolophia lineatipennis
Putnam, Rufus
radioactive pericarditis
reckon sth up
Rhododendron noriakianum
ripeful
scintillatio albescens
self-ionization spectroscopy
stwe
Sulzbach an der Murr
swallow
Taitzehoia
technomic
trophic linkage
vascular glands
Viterbi decoder
vitriate
waltz turn
warns
wide-sense stationary random process