US Senate Republicans struggle to push Trump's budget bill over finish line
美国参议院共和党人努力将特朗普的预算法案推迟到终点线
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Watch: Trump’s"big, beautiful bill" triggers Senate face-off
观看：特朗普的“大而美丽的比尔”触发参议院对峙
US Senators have spent more than 24 hours negotiating amendments to a mega-bill on tax and spending that appears to have stalled without enough votes to pass. Four Republicans in the Senate have said they cannot support the nearly 1,000 page legislation as it stands, but with a slim margin of control the party needs to win over only one senator. Once the bill passes the Senate, it will need to return to the House of Representatives where it faces another tough battle as Republicans control the chamber by only a few votes. While President Donald Trump previously told Congress he wanted the legislation on his desk by 4 July, on Tuesday he conceded it would be"very hard" to meet that deadline.
美国参议员花了超过24小时的时间谈判修正案，以进行大型税收和支出，似乎没有足够的选票就停滞不前。参议院的四名共和党人表示，他们不能支持近1000页的立法，但是由于控制率较小，该党只需要赢得一名参议员就需要赢得。一旦该法案通过了参议院，它将需要返回众议院，在众议院面临另一场艰难的战斗，因为共和党人只能通过几票控制商会。唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统此前曾告诉国会，他希望在7月4日之前在办公桌上进行这项立法，但他承认，满足该截止日期将“非常困难”。
Getty Images JD Vance arrived at the Capitol at dawn and will likely play a key role in the fate of Trump's bill
JD Vance在黎明时到达国会大厦，可能会在特朗普法案的命运中发挥关键作用
By mid-morning on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune was pacing up and down the centre aisle of the Senate floor, alone, arms crossed, chewing gum. The bill's ultimate success, or failure, largely falls on his shoulders. Republican leadership appeared increasingly confident of having the numbers to pass it, and indicated final votes would take place late on Tuesday morning. Republicans appear to have, for now, lost the support of four Republicans: Maine's Susan Collins, North Carolina's Thom Tillis, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Kentucky's Rand Paul. As they can only have three defectors, Vice-President JD Vance arrived on Capitol Hill just after 6:00 EST (12:00 GMT) to cast tie-breaking votes. He helped push one amendment over a tight margin, and is expected to play a key role in the bill's fate. The amendments process is wrapping up and Republican Senate leadership are conversing and negotiating with their dissenters to get the necessary number of votes. Leadership will not bring the bill to a final vote until they have the numbers they need. It's unclear when that could happen. The bill - essential to Trump's second-term agenda - would extend large tax cuts the president put in place during his first term. To make up for that loss of revenue, Republicans want to cut spending from a variety of programmes, including healthcare for lower-income Americans and food subsidies. But within the Senate, Republicans disagree on where those cuts should come from. Trump previously requested that the Republican-controlled Congress send him a final version of the bill to sign into law by Friday.
到周二上午，参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（John Thune）在参议院地板的中心过道上起伏，武器越过，咀嚼口香糖。该法案的最终成功或失败在很大程度上落在了他的肩膀上。共和党领导人似乎越来越有信心通过数字来通过，并表示最终选票将在星期二上午进行。目前，共和党人似乎已经失去了四名共和党人的支持：缅因州的苏珊·柯林斯，北卡罗来纳州的汤姆·蒂利斯，阿拉斯加的丽莎·穆尔科夫斯基和肯塔基州的兰德·保罗。由于他们只能有三个叛逃者，副总统JD Vance在6:00 EST（GMT 12:00）之后到达了国会山，以投票进行打票。他帮助将一项修正案限于紧张的余地，并有望在该法案的命运中发挥关键作用。修正程序正在总结，共和党参议院领导人正在与持不同政见者进行交谈和谈判，以获得必要的选票。在拥有所需的数字之前，领导层不会使该法案进行最终投票。目前尚不清楚何时发生。该法案对特朗普的第二任议程至关重要 - 将在他的第一任期内延长总统的大量减税。为了弥补收入的损失，共和党人希望从各种计划中削减支出，包括针对低收入美国人和食品补贴的医疗保健。但是在参议院内，共和党人不同意这些削减的来源。特朗普此前曾要求共和党控制的国会向他签署了该法案的最终版本，以便在周五之前签署法律。
But following more than 24 hours of debate over amendments to the bill, called a vote-a-rama, which underscores clear divisions over the bill, he softened his tone on the 4 July deadline."I'd love to do July 4th but I think it's very hard to do July 4th…. I would say maybe July 4th or somewhere around there," Trump told reporters as he was departing the White House. In May, the House of Representatives passed their version of a budget bill by a one-vote margin. When the legislation arrived in the Senate, Republicans made numerous changes to it. So when the bill does pass the Senate, it will need to go back to the House of Representatives for another vote, where Republicans are expected another uphill battle. Democrats in both chambers do not support the bill and in the Senate they have attempted to throw some obstacles in the way of its passage.
但是，在对该法案的修正案进行了超过24小时的辩论之后，称为“票”，这突显了对该法案的明确分歧，他在7月4日的截止日期降低了他的语气。特朗普在离开白宫时告诉记者：“我很想做7月4日，但我认为7月4日很难做到……我会说也许是7月4日或周围的某个地方。”5月，众议院通过单票的利润通过了预算法案的版本。当立法到达参议院时，共和党人对此进行了许多更改。因此，当该法案确实通过参议院时，它将需要回到众议院进行另一次投票，共和党人预计共和党人会进行另一场艰苦的战斗。这两个议会的民主党人都不支持该法案，在参议院中，他们试图在其通过的方式上施加一些障碍。
