美国有线新闻 CNN 奥巴马医改方案何去何从

 

In the U.S. Capitol on Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said, quote, "We are going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future." A Republican plan to repeal¹ and replace the law didn’t look like it was going to get enough votes in the House to pass and it was pulled from the House floor on Friday.

在上周五的美国国会，众议院发言人保罗•瑞安表示，“在未来，奥巴马医改方案将会实施。”但是共和党计划废除和取代这个法案，似乎这个法案在议会得不到足够的选票通过。

Republicans controlled the House of Representatives with 241 seats to Democrats² 194 seats. But all Democrats opposed the Republican health care plan and some Republicans opposed it, too, saying it didn’t go far enough to eliminate Obamacare. That contributed to Speaker Ryan’s decision not to hold the vote.

共和党人控制的众议院241个席位,民主党控制194席。但是所有的民主党人反对共和党的医改计划和一些共和党人也反对改计划,表示特朗普的医改计划还不足以完善来撤销奥巴马医改。这导致发言人瑞安决定不举行投票。

President Donald Trump³, who supported the bill, blamed the Democratic opposition⁴ and said that Obamacare would, quote, "explode on its own."

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普,他支持该法案,谴责民主党反对派，并表示,奥巴马医改计划会“自爆”。”

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said the president never tried to reach out to Democrats and that the blame falls with him and the Republicans. The White House says the president would continue trying to get Obamacare repealed⁵ and that his next major legislative⁶ priority is tax reform.

参议院多数党领袖查尔斯•舒默(Charles Schumer)表示,总统从未试图了解民主党,最终的责任归咎于特朗普和共和党人士。白宫表示，特朗普总统一直试图想替换掉奥巴马医改方案，而下一个主要的立法任务是税制改革。

1 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

2 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》

3 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。

4 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。

5 repealed   

撤销，废除( repeal的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The Labour Party repealed the Act. 工党废除了那项法令。
• The legislature repealed the unpopular Rent Act. 立法机关废除了不得人心的租借法案。

6 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。