美共和黨領袖考慮新國債方案

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are meeting Friday to once again revise their plan to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and cut government spending, just four days before the government faces a possible default on its financial obligations.

Republican leaders were forced to delay on a vote Thursday night on a plan crafted by House Speaker John Boehner that would raise the country’s $14.3 trillion borrowing limit in exchange for more than $900 billion in spending cuts over the next 10 years. Boehner did not have enough Republican votes to pass the measure, and Democratic leaders said they were unanimously opposed to it.

Some Republicans, including those aligned with the party’s ultra-conservative Tea Party faction, opposed Boehner’s plan because it did not cut as much government spending as opponents wanted.

If the debt limit is not increased by Tuesday, the U.S. could run out of money to pay all its debts, which would push the government into its first-ever default.美國國會衆議院共和黨議員星期五召開會議，再次修改提高美國借貸上限同時削減政府開支的方案。目前距離美國政府可能面臨債務違約僅剩四天時間。

星期四夜晚，共和黨議員被迫推遲對共和黨籍衆議院議長約翰.貝納的提高美國14.3萬億美元借貸上限的方案進行表決。

貝納的方案要求以今後10年削減9千億美元政府開支爲提高美國借貸上限的條件。這一方案未能獲得在衆議院通過所需的足夠共和黨議員支持。民主黨領袖表示，民主黨議員將全體反對貝納的方案。

一些共和黨議員，包括持極端保守派立場的茶黨派系的共和黨議員反對貝納的方案，原因是這套方案對政府開支的削減小於反對者所希望的削減幅度。

如果美國的借貸上限不能在下星期二前提高，美國將可能沒有資金支付其所欠債務，從而使美國政府有史以來首次出現債務違約。