福克斯新闻 财政预算最后期限即将来临

Lawmakers will only have a few days to pass a spending bill when they return from Easter recess¹, but at this point, there’s no talk of shutting down the government.

当议员们过完复活节假期重返工作岗位时，他们将只有几天的时间来通过一项支出法案。但是这次，他们闭口不谈关闭政府的问题。

Before the recess, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said appropriations² committees had been working on a bipartisan measure that everyone can agree on:

休假之前，参议院多数派领袖麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)表示，拨款委员会正致力于制定获得两党支持的措施，使所有人都能同意：

(McConnell) “We are optimistic we’ll be able to work all that out and be able to meet the deadline by the end of the month.”

“我们非常乐观，我们一定能够解决所有问题，赶在本月末最后期限之前完成。”

There could be a fight over money for the proposed southern border wall, but lawmakers may delay that battle until they take up the President’s budget request for the next fiscal³ year.

关于提议的南方边境隔离墙，资金方面会有争论，但是议员们将把辩论推迟至制定出总统要求的下一个财年的预算之后。

In Washington, Rachel Sutherland, FOX News.

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1 recess   

n.短期休息，壁凹（墙上装架子，柜子等凹处）

参考例句：

• The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
• Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。

2 appropriations   

n.挪用（appropriation的复数形式）

参考例句：

• More commonly, funding controls are imposed in the annual appropriations process. 更普遍的作法是，拨款控制被规定在年度拨款手续中。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• Should the president veto the appropriations bill, it goes back to Congress. 假如总统否决了这项拨款提案，就把它退还给国会。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

3 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• 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。