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It's over. But just for now. |
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結束了，但只是暫時的。 |
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President Barack Obama signed a bill that ends the 16-day partial government shutdown and raises the debt ceiling, the White House said early Thursday morning. |
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總統巴拉克．歐巴馬簽署了法案，結束了政府局部關閉十六天，並提高負債上限，白宮於週四一早表示。 |
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Weeks of bitter political fighting gave way to a frenzied night in Washington as Congress passed the bill that would prevent the country from crashing into the debt ceiling. |
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Lawmakers worked precariously close to the midnight debt ceiling deadline amid warnings the government could run out of money to pay its bills if it didn't raise the debt ceiling. |
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數週的政治惡鬥被華盛頓激烈瘋狂的一夜取代，國會通過了保護國家免於擠破舉債上限的法案。立法者戰戰兢兢地努力到接近午夜的債務上限期限，伴隨著警告說如果不提高債務上限，政府恐怕會沒錢償債。 |
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Federal workers could expect to return to work Thursday morning, the director of the Office of Management and Budget said. |
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聯邦政府的員工可以預期在週四上午重返工作崗位，管理與預算局局長表示。 |
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The GOP-led House gave the final stamp of approval to the Senate-brokered bill, passing it easily late Wednesday night. |
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But it wasn't Republicans who made it happen; a majority of that party's caucus actually voted against the measure, which only passed because of overwhelming Democratic support. |
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由老大黨（共和黨）主導的眾議院最後敲定核准了參議院居中談判的法案，週三深夜確定通過。但促成此事的並不是共和黨人；該黨黨團的大多數其實投票反對這個方法，靠著民主黨強力支持才過關。 |
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The debt cushion now extends through February 7, with current spending levels being authorized through January 15. |
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負債的緩衝現在延長到二月七日，目前的支出水平也授權到一月十五日。 |
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That means a few months of breathing room, but little more. |
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After all, the bill doesn't address many of the contentious and complicated issues -- from changes to entitlement programs to tax reform -- that continue to divide Democrats and Republicans. |
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這表示有幾個月的喘息空間，但只有多一點點而已。畢竟，許多持續分裂民主黨和共和黨的爭議性複雜議題，例如從修正權益方案到稅務改革，該法案都沒有處理。 |
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"We think that we'll be back here in January debating the same issues," John Chambers, managing director of Standard and Poor's rating service, told CNN on Wednesday night "This is, I fear, a permanent feature of our budgetary process." |
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「我們認為一月的時候將會再回到這裡辯論同樣的議題，」標準普爾評等服務的董事總經理約翰．錢伯斯週三晚上向 CNN 表示：「我擔心，這會是我們預算制定過程的常態了。」 |
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