Following their talks, it was clear that the president and Democrats in Congress remain at odds over the funding.
随着他们谈话的进行,很明显总统和国会民主党仍然在资金问题上存有争执.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she appreciates that the president took the time to hear their views.
白宫发言人Nancy Pelosi 称她很感谢总统抽出时间来听他们的观点.

"It's about accountability. As I say, it gives the president all of the benchmarks that he himself proposed, and all of the benchmarks regarding the Iraqi government that he has endorsed. It does so, though, with an element of accountability. We cannot give the president a blank check, but we are willing to work with him to come to agreement."
这是责任问题,就像我说的,它给总统提供所有他自己提出的标准,并且所有的标准都与他所资助的伊拉克政府有关.尽管如此,但责任是基础.我们不能给总统自由处理的权利,但是我们希望同他达到共识.

A public opinion poll by the newspaper USA Today says 57 percent of Americans favor a timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq.
美国今日报纸所做的民意调查显示57%的美国人赞同有一个军队从伊拉克撤离的时间表

President Bush says Democrats are trying to score political points, so he says they should get him the bill as soon as possible so he can veto it and get legislators back to work on a spending bill without deadlines.
布什称民主党正在尝试赢取政治点数.所以总统说他们应该尽快把提案交给他进行否决,并使立法者回去重新制定一个没有期限的指出预案.

The House and Senate measures passed in close votes, making it highly unlikely Democrats could find the two-thirds majority needed to override the president's promised veto.
白宫和参议院票数相当,使民主党很难找到所需的三分之二的多数派来撤消总统许诺的否决

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