20110718 Follow Me 69 cglee

That makes the effort primarily an opportunity for House Republicans, particularly dozens of new lawmakers elected with the support of the small government tea party movement, to symbolically show their steadfastness in demanding huge cuts in government spending, opposition to higher taxes and ideological purity in balancing the budget.
there is suspicion that the talks in Washington are infused with the politics of the 2012 election in which the state of the economy will likely determine whether Obama wins a second term.

dual tracks
双轨道
spending cuts and tax increases
削减开支和增加税收
budget deals
预算交易
deficit reduction
削减赤字
House and Senate
众议院和参议院
bipartisan  [bi·par·ti·san || ‚baɪpɑːtɪ'zæn]
adj.  两党连立的
debt limit
国债限额
blistering  
adj.  使起水泡或气泡的; 愤怒的; 猛烈的
blister  [blis·ter || 'blɪstə]
n.  水泡; 气泡; 砂眼; 泡形罩
v.  使起水泡; 痛打; 猛烈抨击; 起水泡

I support austerity plan and tax increase! US shouldn't borrow more and the rich shouldn't gain more like the Bush family times. The rich should give some part of their wealth to the society.

A brave president.

a Plitical Show

美国自己事情都还没有解决，这两天又在白宫见喇嘛，哎，就像演电影一样，乱呐～

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sound off  
力陈己见, (士兵)报数
stiff  [stif]
a.(僵)硬的；生硬的； ad.极其；僵硬地
moot  [mu:t]   
n. 大会, 讨论会, 辩论会
adj. 未决议的, 抽象论的
v. 使成为无实用性的东西
a moot point  
有待进一步讨论的问题,悬而未决的问题
stopgap  ['stɔpgæp]   
n. 权宜之计
convulsion  [kənˈvʌlʃən]
n.骚动，痉挛
bipartisan  [ˌbaipɑ:tiˈzæn]
adj.两党的
passage  ['pæsidʒ]   
n.通过, 通道, 走廊, 段落, (时间的)消逝
n.斜横步
v.(使马)以斜横步前进
precipitate  [priˈsipiteit]
vt.促成；使沉淀 n.沉淀物 a.突如其来的
unlocking  ['ʌn'lɔkiŋ]   
n. 接通, 开放, 解锁
proclamation  [ˌprɔkləˈmeiʃən]
n.声明
blister  [ˈblistə]
n.水疱；(油漆等的)气泡 v.(使)起泡
blistering  ['blistəriŋ]   
adj. 快的, 酷热的, 起泡的, 激烈的
动词blister的现在分词形式
invoke  [inˈvəuk]
vt.援引, 引起, 求助, 请求, 乞灵于
[计算机] 调用
GOP     
abbr.大老党(美国共和党的别称)(=Grand Old Party )
abbr.地面观测站(=Ground Observer Post)
open the door to
开门，给……大开方便之门，给……造成机会
outlet  [ˈautlet]  
n.出口(路)；(感情等)发泄途径等

Obama wants everyone to play their part, pushing a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. He invoked budget deals negotiated by other leading political figures and asked the wealthiest to pay their share. The package of deficit reductions is dwindling as Congress progressively takes the control of the debate. The three deficit reduction options proposed by Obama were replaced by House and Senate leaders’ own plans. The Senate tried to win the House Republicans’ affirmative votes on raising debt limit. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah from the Republicans criticized the balance-budget amendment for the inadequate budget cuts and the tax increases detrimental to the economy. The last stopgap measure has been used to avoid debt default and none of Obama’s three options to cut deficit over 10 years were supported adequately. Obama endeavors to win the public to his side. He compared his compromising role to that of Lincoln, selling out slaves in border states to maintain the union in a White House video Saturday.

drive sb nuts
使某人生气，发疯
loophole  [ˈlu:phəul]
n.漏洞，空子
brunt  [brʌnt]  
n.正面的冲击, 主要的压力

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美国前几天会见达赖，不知道是不是关于国债想向中国讨价还价的前奏

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