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标准VOA Lawmakers Discussing Post-Veto Strategies on Iraq Funding (2/3)

In a separate news conference, Senate majority leader Harry Reid joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in urging the president to reconsider:
在各自的新闻发布会中,议院多数派领导者Harry Reid 加入了白宫发言人 Nancy Pelosi 的行列劝说总统重新考虑.

"The president has to work with us. He has refused to do that and so I feel very comfortable that we have moved this legislation forward in keeping with what the American people want."
"总统不得不同我们一起工作,但他已经拒绝这样,我感觉欣慰的是我们已经把立法向美国人民想要的方向推进一步.

"I would hope that the president would reconsider and sign this bill. This is a bill that has the president's own benchmarks in it, for progress, it has the Department of Defense's own principles for readiness."
我期望总统能够重新考虑并签署这个立法,这个立法总有总统自己的基准,并有国防部自己的备战原则.

Meanwhile, House minority leader John Boehner said Republicans are prepared, after the president's veto next week, to sit down with Democrats, but he repeated his position on a troop withdrawal timeline.
同时,白宫少数派领导者JB称共和党已经做好准备,在下周总统否决后同民主党坐下谈判,但是他重申了他在军队撤离时间表上的立场.

"What we are not going to have are artificial deadlines, we are not going to have shackles on the generals on the ground, in a bill, the president is not going to sign such a bill. And I think that you will see conservatives in the Democratic Party and most Republicans are willing to sit down and to work our way through this."
"我们不会制定虚假的最后期限,不会束缚前线将军们手脚,在法案方面,总统不会签署这样的法案.我想你将回看到民主党中的保守派和大部分的共和党坐下来共同解决这件事.

readiness n.[C]

1. 准备就绪[(+for)]

All her luggage was in readiness for the trip.

她这次旅行的行李已准备就绪。

2. 愿意[S1][(+to)]

We appreciate his readiness to help others.

我们很感激他乐于助人的态度。

3. 迅速,敏捷;容易[S1][(+of)]

She learned embroidery with readiness.

她很快学会了刺绣。

shackle n.

1. 脚镣;手铐[C][P1]