Democrats Suffer Defeat in House on US Foreign Intelligence Measure (2/3)

【标准VOA】2008-02-16
Democrats Suffer Defeat in House on US Foreign Intelligence Measure (2/3)



 大意
Republicans fight against the Democratic bill.


 听写
California Democrat Jane Harman responded to Republican desertionsassertions, that by merely extending the law, Democrats will would be placing Americans at risk by depriving the intelligence community of crucial anti-terrorist tools. “This debate is not as some on the other side want to characterize it, about Democrats wanting to carttle coddle terrorismterrorists, we emphatically do not. We want to capture or kill them. It is beyond cynical to suggest otherwise.” Congressman L Smith was among Republicans making the allegation. “Another extension represents a failure by the House Democratic majority to protect the American people. The Senate understands this, intelligence community needs a long-term bill to fix gaps in our intelligence lostlaws, not a 21-day extension.” Earlier President Bush challenged House Democrats to debate and improve approve the Senate-passed bill, saying the security of Americans is a sersticat stake. After a meeting with the president House and Senate, Republican leaders urged House Democrats to bring the Senate legislation to a vote. Mitch McConnell is the Senate minority leader. “President is fully awared that this there is about a bipartisan majority in the House towill pass the Senate bill.”


 生词
coddle娇养，溺爱；过分细心地照料。
emphatic加强语气的，表现有力的，强调的。
allegation断言，主张；陈述，辩解。
at stake 在危险中。


 翻译
加州民主党人JH对共和党“民主党仅仅延长法律，剥夺情报机构的重要反恐工具将使美国人面临风险”的说法做出了反应。“这项讨论不像共和党所想格式化的那样：民主党想姑息恐怖分子，我们绝不是这样。我们想逮捕、处决他们。这不仅仅是对其他提议的怀疑。”议员LS代表共和党进行了陈述。“再一次延长说明了民主党占多数的众议院在保护美国人问题上的失败。参议员了解，情报机构需要一个长期的提案来填补情报法律的空白，而不是一个21天的延长法案。”此前布什曾以美国人正处于危险中为由提出让众议院民主党讨论通过这项参议院通过的提案。参众两院的领导人会面后，共和党领袖敦促众议院民主党人对这项法案进行投票。参议院少数派领导人MM说：“总统完全知道众议院的两党多数都通过的参议院提案。”


 总结
比昨天好了点，加血中……
posted @ 2008-02-16 16:01 vivianliv86 阅读(16) 评论(0)  编辑  收藏 所属分类: 每日VOA 网摘收藏

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