【新闻趣摘】
特朗普总统的"省钱大作战"又出新招:这次他挥舞着"撤销令",要求国会收回94亿美元已批准的预算,否则政府就得乖乖掏钱。其中11亿刀瞄准了被白宫称为"披着新闻外衣的激进觉醒宣传"的公共广播公司,其余则剑指海外援助计划——连大名鼎鼎的美援署(USAID)都被"打包"进了国务院。看来"懂王"的财政剪刀手,比断头台的铡刀还利索!(下方图表详解砍预算的连锁反应)
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**FIRST THE guillotine’s blade fell. Now the death warrant must be signed.**
断头台的铡刀刚落下,死刑执行令又待签署。
**Almost as soon as Donald Trump took office for a second time he began defunding programmes he disliked.**
唐纳德·特朗普刚开启第二任期,便着手削减他厌恶的项目资金。
**But under the constitution only Congress has the right to say how America spends its money.**
但根据宪法,只有国会能决定美国的财政支出。
**So Mr Trump has sent the legislature a"rescission" package, requesting that it claw back $9.4bn of spending that it had previously approved.**
为此特朗普向立法机构提交"撤销拨款"提案,要求追回94亿美元已获批预算。
**If Congress does not pass it by July 18th, the government will be obliged to spend the money.**
若国会未在7月18日前通过该提案,政府将被迫执行原支出计划。
**About $1.1bn was earmarked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which the administration says spreads"radical, woke propaganda disguised as 'news'".**
其中约11亿美元原定向公共广播公司拨款,政府称其传播"伪装成新闻的激进觉醒宣传"。
**The rest was intended to help people around the world through foreign-aid schemes and agencies.**
其余资金本用于通过海外援助计划和机构帮扶全球民众。
**The biggest is the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which has been mostly shut down and become part of the State Department.**
最大受影响方美国国际开发署(USAID)已基本停摆,并入国务院体系。
**The charts below explain the cuts’ effects.**
下方图表详解预算削减的影响。