VOA标准英语2012--Obama Appeals to Public About 'Fiscal Cliff'
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Obama Appeals to Public About 'Fiscal 1 Cliff'
Obama took his campaign to a toy factory near Philadelphia on Friday, asking middle-class workers and business leaders to press Republican lawmakers to pass his tax plan.
“And if we could just get a few House Republicans on board, we can pass the bill in the House, it will land on my desk, and I am ready. I have got a bunch of pens ready to sign this bill,” he said.
The president is trying to build support for his strategy of preventing big tax increases and spending cuts from taking effect on January 1. He hopes the public will persuade Republicans to drop their opposition 2 to allowing tax increases on the wealthy while sparing other taxpayers 3.
As part of the campaign, Obama has been inviting 4 business and civic 5 leaders, as well as middle-class Americans, to the White House to demonstrate their support.
But top Republicans, like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, reject the president’s public campaign.
“In other words, rather than sitting down with lawmakers of both parties and working out an agreement, he is back on the campaign trail, presumably with the same old talking points that we are all quite familiar with,” said McConnell.
Obama met with Congressional leaders on the issue only once, on November 16. And a deal he recently proposed to Congress did not include any concessions 6 to Republicans.
It was scorned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner. “Now, the White House took three weeks to respond with any kind of a proposal, and much to my disappointment, it was not a serious one.”
White House officials insist some progress is being made. And administration aides have been working with their counterparts in Congress to find a deal.
With both sides sticking to their positions, many observers in Washington believe no settlement is likely until shortly before the deadline.
Meanwhile, the president’s public campaign continues, with state governors and business leaders scheduled to visit the White House in the coming days.
- 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。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
- An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
- The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。