<div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30.912px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #777777; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; background-color: #fff1e0;"></div></div><div><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">美国政府在三周时间内二度停摆，此前一位共和党参议员阻挠国会在周四午夜的截止期前通过一项联邦开支案。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">引起白宫停摆的是肯塔基州(Kentucky)的共和党参议员兰德•保罗(Rand Paul)（<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">见题图</em>），他希望抒发自己的失望之情，因为他所在的共和党正在推动一项将会提高赤字的法案，而共和党此前多年一直批评民主党这样做。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)对白宫的停摆保持沉默。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">周四，国会已经做好了迎接新一轮高风险边缘政策的准备，参众两院的议员准备就一项两年的预算案投票。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">这项经过数月的激烈争吵后出炉的法案旨在消除政府目前面临的一项周期性危机——停摆或者处于停摆边缘。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">原本预计参议院将支持这项预算案，并将其转至众议院，以便在午夜前对其投票。大多数专家此前预计，这一法案将在参议院获通过，但将在众议院面临更多麻烦。然而，保罗使参议院的局势复杂化，导致共和党领导层无法在参议院提出这项法案以进行投票。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">为了推迟参议院对这项法案的投票，保罗发表了一篇长篇演讲，列举出多项开支，据他所说，这些都是联邦政府浪费金钱的例子。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">他指责其他共和党人很虚伪。“当两党都很高兴的时候，他们通常是在抢劫财政部(Treasury)。”保罗说，“而这就是这项法案要做的事情。”</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">今年以来的第一次白宫停摆主要归咎于民主党人，他们试图把预算案与另一项移民问题结合起来，而最新的这次停摆将归咎于保罗及其所在的共和党，目前控制参众两院的正是共和党。</p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.336px; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Arial, "Hiragino Sans GB", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", "Heiti SC", STHeiti, "Microsoft Yahei", SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: #fff1e0;">译者/徐行</p> </div>