美国国家公共电台 NPR 美国众议院通过3万亿美元经济纾困法案（在线收听）

Democrats say the $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill that was approved last week in the House ismeant to meet the needs of everyday Americans. Republicans say that same bill is a partisanattempt to enact a longstanding wish list of Democrats' policy priorities. Progressive Democratsdon't exactly dispute that, as NPR congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell reports.

民主党人表示，众议院上周通过的3万亿美元冠状病毒救助法案旨在满足普通美国公民的需求。共和党人表示，这项法案带有党派性色彩，企图制定民主党政策优先事项的长期愿望清单。据NPR新闻的国会记者凯尔西·斯奈尔报道，进步派民主党人并未明确否认这一说法。

KELSEY SNELL, BYLINE: The bill that passed the House on Friday is full of proposalsDemocrats have been pitching for years, from a more generous allowance for food stamps tochanges in the way people qualify for federal benefits. The bill is a running list of policiesDemocrats want to enact even under normal circumstances.

凯尔西·斯奈尔连线：众议院在周五通过的这项法案充满了民主党人多年来一直在争取的提案，范围涉及从投入更多资金的食品券津贴计划到改变人们享受联邦福利的方式。该法案是民主党人在正常情况下都想要制定的政策清单。

KATHERINE CLARK: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed gaping holes in our socialsafety net and has brought into stark relief issues that we knew were there, but now we cansee their devastating impacts so clearly.

凯瑟琳·克拉克：冠状病毒大流行暴露了我们社会安全网中的漏洞，同时带来了严峻的救济问题，我们早就知道这些问题的存在，而现在我们可以清楚地看到其造成的毁灭影响。

SNELL: That's Katherine Clark, the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus. She pushedfor funding for child care providers in the bill. She says women have always borne the bruntof the effects when schools and daycares are closed. That is playing out on an enormous scalewith the coronavirus. Clark and other Democrats are proposing $50 billion in immediate childcare funding, and they're also calling for long term structural change. Republicans, like SenateMajority Leader Mitch McConnell, call that logic gross politics.

斯奈尔：这是众议院民主党党团会议副主席凯瑟琳·克拉克所说。她在法案中要求为儿童保育服务提供者提供资金。她表示，学校和托儿所关闭后，女性总是会首当其冲地受到影响。这在冠状病毒疫情期间表现地尤为明显。克拉克和其他民主党人提议为即时儿童资助提供500亿美元，他们还要求进行长期结构改革。参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔等共和党人将这种逻辑称为“粗暴政治”。

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MITCH MCCONNELL: Democrats cannot stop salivating, salivating over the possibilities forpartisan gain.

米奇·麦康奈尔：民主党一直垂涎于党派利益的可能性。

SNELL: Progressive say it may be partisan, but they believe the public is with them. RosaDeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut, says until the coronavirus hit, Republicans generallydidn't support any expansion of domestic spending intended to help people in a crisis. Nowthere is a crisis, and Democrats want to use this moment to reform the system.

斯奈尔：进步派称这可能具有党派性，但他们相信公众会支持他们。康涅狄格州民主党议员罗萨·德劳洛表示，在冠状病毒来袭之前，共和党人普遍不支持任何旨在帮助人们度过危机的国内支出扩张。现在危机来临，民主党希望利用这一时刻改革这个制度。

ROSE DELAURO: These folks have never wanted to go down this road and protect what was asocial safety net that we've had in the past and a new social safety net for people in today'sworld.

罗萨·德劳洛：这些人从来都不想走上这条路，也不想保护我们过去所拥有的社会安全网和当今世界人们的新社会安全网。

SNELL: Take unemployment insurance. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the SenateFinance Committee, wants to tie the expanded benefits that passed in the CARES Act to theunemployment rate. When unemployment goes up, so do the benefits, so people can stayon their feet. He says the existing system hasn't worked for a long time. And this is a chance tofix it going forward.

斯奈尔：以失业保险为例。参议院财政委员会民主党领袖罗恩·怀登希望将《关怀法案》通过的扩大福利与失业率挂钩。当失业率上升时，福利也要增加，这样人们就能生存下去。他说，现有制度已经很长时间未起作用。现在是解决问题的机会。

RON WYDEN: The unemployment system, which was invented in the 1930s, is still in kind ofa time work. Nobody ever heard of a gig worker back in the 1930s.

罗恩·怀登：这个失业制度于上世纪30年代制定，目前仍按计时工作操作。上世纪30年代可没有人听说过零工。

SNELL: Progressive Democrats say it makes sense to advocate for temporary policy changesnow with the understanding that Democrats do want these programs to be made permanent. Some of these benefits, like extra unemployment, already got big bipartisan support and willbe harder to take away later. Not all Democrats necessarily agree. Stephanie Murphy, who isone of the leaders of a group of fiscally conservative Democrats, says the coronavirus iscreating unprecedented need. But she says any policies need to be reevaluated over time. Andshe says pushing for partisan policies in a divided Congress with a Republican president isn'tthe best path to making those ideas a reality.

斯奈尔：进步派民主党人表示，现在提倡临时性政策改变是有道理的，因为民主党人确实希望这些能成为永久性计划。额外失业救济等福利计划已经得到了两党的大力支持，之后将更难取消。但并不是所有民主党人都同意。斯蒂芬妮·墨菲是一个财政保守民主党小组的领袖之一，她说冠状病毒正在创造前所未有的需求。但她同时指出，任何政策都需要随着时间的推移而进行重新评估。她表示，在共和党总统执政的情况下，在分裂的国会中推行党派性政策并不是实现这些想法的最佳途径。

STEPHANIE MURPHY: Only things that become law can actually help the people that we'retrying to assist.

斯蒂芬妮·墨菲：只有成为法律的东西才能真正地帮助我们试图援助的人。

SNELL: So she says Democrats should look at their list of ideas and find places where theymight get some buy-in from Republicans, like her proposal to extend and expand a taxcredit for businesses that keep employees on the payroll during the crisis. But Democrats arehoping to take control of the Senate and the White House in November, which would make iteasier to remake the system.

斯奈尔：因此，她表示，民主党人应该审查他们的想法清单，寻找可能从共和党人那里获得支持的领域，比如她提出的建议，为在危机期间坚持支付雇员工资的企业延长并扩大税收减免。但民主党人希望在11月控制参议院和白宫，这可能会令重建该制度更加容易。

Kelsey Snell, NPR News, Washington.

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