美国有线新闻 CNN 美国会参议院叫停国家紧急状态 特朗普将否决该决议

 

We're starting in the U.S. Capitol where yesterday the Senate voted 59 to 41 to overturn a recent emergency declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump¹. The declaration would set aside the funds to build a wall or barrier along the America's southern border with Mexico. The president made the declaration last month because Congress did not approve the funding for the wall.

President Trump has said a barrier is necessary to better protect the country. Critics have said it's inappropriate for him to declare a national emergency to fund it. The president is a Republican and though his political party controls the Senate, 12 Republicans in the chamber² joined all of the Democrats³ and those who vote with them to block the emergency declaration. But will this vote actually prevent it from going through? Experts say, no. Even though the Senate joined the Democratic-controlled House in voting to overturn the emergency declaration, President Trump's response was a tweet that contained a single word, veto.

This could be the first veto of his presidency⁴ and experts say it will probably be as far as the legislation will go. For lawmakers to override⁵ a presidential veto, 2/3 of them have to vote to do that in both chambers⁶ of Congress and lawmakers do not have enough votes to override this emergency declaration. So what happens next? It's likely the U.S. court system will ultimately decide on whether the declaration succeeds in getting the wall built. Sixteen states have sued to block the declaration and the Trump Administration expects that the Supreme⁷ Court will make the final decision.

1 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。

2 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

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 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

5 override   

vt.不顾，不理睬，否决；压倒，优先于

参考例句：

• The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.孩子的幸福安康应该永远比父母的愿望来得更重要。
• I'm applying in advance for the authority to override him.我提前申请当局对他进行否决。

6 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

7 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。