2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Sends 2008 Budget to Congress
时间：2019-01-25 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（二月）
White House
05 February 2007
President Bush has sent his 2008 budget proposal to Congress. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that Mr. Bush says the spending plan will provide needed funds for the war on terrorism, while putting the nation on course to erase 1 the current budget deficit 2 in five years.
President Bush says his $2.9 trillion spending proposal is realistic and his budget goal is achievable.
President Bush, right, holds up copy of fiscal 2008 federal budget at end of Cabinet meeting, 5 Feb 2007
"Today we submit a budget to the United States Congress that shows we can balance the budget in five years without raising taxes," the president said.
Mr. Bush says even with the costs of the war in Iraq, the budget can be brought into balance if the economy continues to grow, and Congress exercises overall fiscal restraint.
"Our economy is strong because of good policy, because the entrepreneurial spirit is strong and by keeping taxes down we actually generate strong revenues to the treasury,"
he said.
The president spoke 4 at the end of a meeting with his cabinet that was largely devoted 5 to budget issues, including the high cost of military operations in Iraq.
His new budget includes, for the first time, long-term estimates of war expenses. Mr. Bush is asking Congress to approve 145-billion dollars for Iraq for 2008, and alerts lawmakers to an imminent 6 request for an additional 100-billion for the current 2007 fiscal year.
"Our priority is to protect the American people," Mr. Bush said. "And our priority is to make sure our troops have what it takes to do their jobs."
The president made the remarks shortly after copies of his budget proposal were formally delivered to members of the House and Senate, setting off a detailed 7 legislative 8 process that is likely to drag on for months.
This is the first time the president has submitted a budget to a Democratic Party-controlled Congress, and lawmakers made clear they plan to give his spending proposal tough scrutiny 9.
In a written statement, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton called the military request "staggering." He said Congress must look at the details carefully, to ensure taxpayer 10 dollars are spent wisely.
- He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
- Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
- Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。