首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Moving far more quickly than many had thought likely or possible, lawmakers in the 10-member House-Senate committee announced th
Moving far more quickly than many had thought likely or possible, lawmakers in the 10-member House-Senate committee announced th
admin
2019-06-23
61
问题
Moving far more quickly than many had thought likely or possible, lawmakers in the 10-member House-Senate committee announced the agreement after less than 24 hours of negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: "Like any negotiation, this involved give and take, and if you don’t mind my saying so that is an understatement."
The agreement drops the total to $789 billion, while both Senate and House-passed measures exceeded $800 billion. A combination of low and middle income tax cuts, making up about 35 percent of the bill, and domestic spending, its supporters say it meets President Barack Obama’s goal of creating or saving as many as 4 million jobs.
Susan Collins of Maine was among only 3 moderate Senate Republicans who joined the Democratic majority there. She says money trimmed from the bill reflects an effort to focus it more sharply to help the economy. "It is a fiscally-responsible number that reflects our efforts to truly focus this bill on programs, and policies and tax relief that will help turn our economy around, create jobs and provide relief to the families of our country," she said. Collins also pointed out the agreement increases spending on infrastructure projects, more than $150 billion in the proposed measure.
Republican opponents kept up their criticisms, primarily that the measure contains untargeted spending and not the right level of tax relief. House Republican leader John Boehner voiced disappointment with the agreement, repeating his assertion that the measure will not create jobs quickly enough. "It appears that they have made a bad bill worse by reducing the amount of tax relief for American families and small businesses, and adding more wasteful Washington spending," he said.
But Senator Arlen Specter, another moderate Republican who worked with Democrats, said action was required. "This is obviously a very difficult vote in view of the large deficit and national debt which we have, but I believe it is indispensable, that strong action be taken," he said.
White House aides, including Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, joined in the negotiations on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers behind the agreement hope a final conference report will be ready in the next 2 days that the House and Senate will vote on. Approval would send the legislation to President Obama for signature.
An eventual Senate vote is expected to mirror earlier results in which majority Democrats, with help from the 3 Republicans, achieved the 60 votes needed to overcome any procedural block. It remains to be seen how a vote will turn out in the House, where no Republicans supported a House-passed measure, but where Democrats hold a strong enough majority to pass measures easily. House Republican leaders declined to predict Wednesday how many in their party might support final legislation.
Arlen Specter most probably thought that _____.
选项
A、some senators would become undetermined in the process of voting
B、the economic problems should be solved immediately
C、deficit and national debt shouldn’t have been neglected
D、the measures in the agreement would not be as effective as expected
答案
B
解析
第5段提到了Arlen Specter认为“必须采取行动”,再结合上下文可知他认为必须立刻采取行动解决经济问题,因此选B。Specter虽提及a very difficult vote,但原文并没有指出这是因为参议院在投票时犹豫不决,因此A不正确;文中虽出现了deficit和national debt这些字眼,但Specter没提及不能忽视这些,故排除C:D文中没有提及。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/gJX7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
中医(TraditionalChineseMedicine)指中国的传统医学。产生于原始社会。中国人认为中医可以使人体与自然达到平衡,从而从根本上治疗疾病,保持人体健康。中医一般会通过观察、询问、触摸等方法对多种疾病进行诊断。虫草药(herbalme
粮食安全(grainsecurity)是指要确保所有需要的人都能获得粮食。日益严峻的气候危机是粮食安全面临的最大挑战。中国是粮食生产大国和人口大国(populouscountry),粮食安全正面临着危机。中国城镇化(urbanization)加速发展导
A、Totestthestrengthofafriendship.B、Tobringfriendsevencloser.C、Toknowmorepeoplewhoareinneed.D、Tomakeyourfr
Thehumannoseisanunderratedtool.Humansareoftenthoughttobeinsensitivesmellerscomparedwithanimals,butthisislar
Secondhandsmokeisaccountablefor42,000deathsannuallytononsmokersintheUnitedStates,includingnearly900infants,acc
A、Holdanexhibitiononcampus.B、GotoNewYorkCity.C、EnterforthetourtoBoston.D、MeettheEuropeanpainters.C①四个选项都是原形的
VideogameshavebecomeincreasinglypopularinbotharcadesandtheaverageAmericanhome.Peopleofallagesandfromallwalk
A、Toprotectthemselvesorattractprey.B、Tomakethedeepseabrightandbeautiful.C、Tofindtheirwaysindarkness.D、Toatt
A、Laughingisalearnedbehavior.B、Laughingisagoodmedicinetopatients.C、Laughingiseasierthanbattlingwithanillness.
A、Organizeamassstrike.B、Compensateforherloss.C、Trytohelphergetitback.D、Findherabetterpayingjob.C
随机试题
TheUnitedStatesisfullofcars.Therearestillmanyfamilieswithoutcars,butsomefamilieshavetwoorevenmore.However,
(2012年第29题)可以作为合成前列腺素原料的物质是
“中国居民膳食营养素参考摄入量”不包括
下列金融业务中,属于商业银行中间业务的有()。
在实施现代企业制度的过程中,确立企业法人财产权的目的包括()。
某产品出口外商投资企业,合同经营期12年。2001年开始生产,当年亏损15万元;2002年获利10万元;2003年获利40万元,外商投资者将分得的税后利润16万元再投资于该企业;2004年亏损8万元;2005年获利60万元,外商投资者将分得的税后利润20
美丽乡村要金山银山。也要青山绿水,青山绿水就是金山银山,请以此为角度进行演讲。
要使学生数据表中不出现同名学生的记录,在数据库中需要建立______。
第十二届全国人民代表大会第三次会议政府工作报告中看点众多,精彩纷呈。为了更好地宣传大会精神,新闻编辑小王需制作一个演示文稿,素材放于考生文件夹下的“文本素材.docx”及相关图片文件,具体要求如下:“第一节”下的两张幻灯片,标题为“一、经济”,展示
Thetrainclatteredoverpointsandpassedthroughastation.Thenitbegansuddenlytoslowdown,presumablyinobediencet
最新回复
(
0
)