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AZUZ: U.S. lawmakers and the president have reached a new deal concerning the government's budget. It will increase government spending by $300 billion over the next two years. About $165 billion of that would go toward the U.S. military, $131 billion would go toward programs like hurricane disaster relief, infrastructure¹ like roads and bridges, fighting opioid abuse and child care.

The agreement also raises the debt ceiling, that's a limit that Congress puts on the amount of money the government can borrow. The budget deal suspends that limit until March 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump² signed the proposal into law Friday morning, saying the military would be stronger than ever and that the budget would help create more jobs.

But while support for the deal was bipartisan, with most Republicans and dozens of Democrats³ voting for it, there was some bipartisan opposition⁵ to it as well. Republican Senator Rand Paul filibustered⁶ the bill in the Senate, holding it up on Thursday night, because he said he was uncomfortable with the amount of money the government spends.

For decades it's far outspent the money it takes in and dozens of House Republicans also opposed the bill for that reason. But after an overnight government shutdown because of the filibuster⁷, the bill eventually passed in both chambers⁸ and the president signed it on Friday morning.

One other political headline for you. Last Monday, we reported on a controversial memo⁹ produced by Republicans on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee. But then it was declassified¹⁰ by President Trump.

Last week, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee produced their memo in response to the Republican one. But President Trump refused to declassify¹¹ it. He says it was very political and long and needed to be heavily redacted. The White House said the president was inclined to declassify the Democrats' memo once changes are made.

Representative Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat⁴ on the House Intelligence Committee, says it was hypocritical of President Trump to block the release of the Democrats' memo and that the president puts his personal interest above all else. We'll update on this story if and when the memo is declassified.

1 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

6 filibustered   

v.阻碍或延宕国会或其他立法机构通过提案( filibuster的过去式和过去分词 )；掠夺

参考例句：

7 filibuster   

n.妨碍议事，阻挠；v.阻挠

参考例句：

• A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
• The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

8 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

9 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

10 declassified   

adj.解密的v.对（机密文件等）销密( declassify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Thousands of classified documents have now been declassified. 数以千计的保密文件现在被解密了。
• The software used for Siemens S7-300 encryption logic block declassified. 此软件用于对西门子S7-300加密逻辑块解密。

11 declassify   

v.撤销保密

参考例句：

• These reports were only declassified last year.这些报告去年才被撤销了密级。
• Does the president have the power to declassify information?总统有权利解密相关信息吗？