时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十月)


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The House of Representatives is approaching a crucial vote expected Friday on Senate-passed legislation aimed at rescuing the U.S. financial markets. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where congressional leaders from both parties are working hard to ensure that the measure passes.

Party leaders are taking no chances this time, after Democratic and Republican leaders fell short of the votes needed to pass the legislation earlier in the week. That triggered the largest ever single closing point loss on Wall Street, which helped spur Senate leaders to action.

In a 74 to 25 vote, the Senate approved a revised version of the measure Wednesday, adding provisions it is hoped will persuade opponents in the House to switch their votes.
 






U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 16 Sep 2008



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says tax relief and other provisions the Senate added to the bill do not change its main mission.

"Congress must act, we must intervene, we have to send a message of confidence to the markets, as we protect the taxpayer," said Nancy Pelosi.

At the White House, President Bush met with small business owners from the northeast United States, and stressed the importance of a positive vote in the House.

"The bill that is before the House of Representatives tomorrow, is a bill that has got the best chance of providing liquidity 1 credit, providing credit, providing money, so small businesses and medium-sized businesses can function," said President Bush.
 






President Bush speaks to reporters during his meeting with business leaders regarding the financial crisis at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington, 02 Oct 2008




In its current form, greatly expanded from an original Bush administration proposal, the legislation would authorize 2 as much as $700 billion for the government to purchase de-valued mortgage-backed and other securities from stressed financial firms.

Other points include a strong oversight 3 board, steps to avert 4 further home foreclosures and limiting large pay outs to executives who leave firms involved in the plan.

Among new additions, the government would increase to $250,000 the amount of insurance the government provides for Americans' bank accounts.

On Thursday, Democratic and Republican leaders each said the other side must persuade its respective members to vote for the legislation.

President Bush and administration officials joined in the effort, telephoning lawmakers through the day.

A group of House Republicans held a news conference outside the Capitol to complain about add-ons to the legislation. Among them were 20 lawmakers who voted against the financial measure last Monday.

In a proposed amendment 5, they would eliminate un-related spending the Senate added to the legislation, and limit to $250 billion dollars the amount Congress would authorize initially 6 to purchase securities.
 






Representative Steve LaTourette, 02 Oct 2008




Ohio Republican Steve LaTourette and Alabama's Spencer Bachus:

LATOURETTE: "One, we believe it [the bill] would fly out of the House and pass, and, two, when that occurs, this group that we collected are sufficient to provide the 12 votes necessary that were short on Monday."
 






Representative Spencer Bachus, 02 Oct 2008 (VOA photo - D. Robinson)




BACHUS: "In November we come back. Between now and November we should be in session. We should be considering alternatives, we should be having hearings, we should do what we should have done but we maybe couldn't have done [before]."

As Representative Bachus suggested, their amendment would have Congress follow through with scheduled hearings on the financial market crisis in coming weeks, and lawmakers would reconvene in November to reconsider next steps.

The House is scheduled to convene 7 Friday morning, but the timing 8 for consideration remains 9 uncertain.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Thursday, Democrats 10 would have to be very confident they have sufficient votes before bringing the measure to the floor.



n.流动性,偿债能力,流动资产
  • The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
  • The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。
v.授权,委任;批准,认可
  • He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
  • Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。
n.勘漏,失察,疏忽
  • I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
  • Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等)
  • He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
  • I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
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。
adv.最初,开始
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
v.集合,召集,召唤,聚集,集合
  • The Diet will convene at 3p.m. tomorrow.国会将于明天下午三点钟开会。
  • Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.1991年10月,高级官员在伦敦会齐。
n.时间安排,时间选择
  • The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
  • The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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》
学英语单词
-rific
Abel tests
All 's well that ends well.
androgynises
anti-independence
association for computing machinery (acm)
atteveld
ball hockey
Bas-en-Basset
Berl saddles
bromatological
burkaed
call someone's bluff
capital-in-excess account
Carex peiktusani
center upset
cerium materials/devices
charlesite
cloisters
congestion window
constancies
crenimugil crenilabi
cum towel
david turner
decorrelations
DIFI
direct cycle access storage device (dasd)
discrete-time convolution property
document storage status
dysosma veitchii (hemsl. et wils. fu)
easy on the trigger
easy-to-grasp
ecological engineering
epicanthal fold
esophagectomies
eulogious
expenditure for procurement
fire hole ring
Formosa B.
Gave d'Oloron
high speed ball mill
inferior tarsal muscle
interlock control
knife file
Kogushi
latching logic
left ventriculo-aortic conduit
limit of integration
locking pushbutton
long-stem nozzle
lpci open signal
Macdowel's frenum
main scheduling routine
make your presence felt
masson disk
matching magnet
mergers-and-acquisitions
metatracheal wide type
methylglutaconyl
Mixed Mode CD
mobiliary art
monoclines
multiple storage
multiple utility
nanotexturing
neural anesthesia
oath-rite
odman
pearlins
pedatilobed
petewilliamsite
Phenazodine
pipeline conveyor
polyanionic surfactant
potassium methyl sulfate
preserved meat
primary marketing
propylmercuric bromide
punch-tape code
pusher bar
quasi-factorical design
rabbinish
rack up
RAID4
ranking form
remote control rack
resonant vibrator
Rikuzentakata
running latte
secondary peduncle
shear-plate nozzle
struma colloides cystica
suburbans
table napkin
Tensift, Oued
Tismana
transportin
unit start-up and commissioning
unshadowable
upganger
vacuum packer
vehicle currency