美國會通過開支法案 避免政府關閉

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a bill that provides a two-day extension of government funding and temporarily averts a partial federal government shutdown.

美國總統奧巴馬簽署了一項法案，將政府撥款延長兩天，暫時避免聯邦政府部分關閉。

Both houses of Congress approved the heavily fought-over spending measure late Thursday, with just minutes to go before the midnight deadline.

國會參衆兩院星期四午夜最後期限之前幾分鐘批准了這個各方爭執不下的開支法案。

The Senate now has until Saturday at midnight to approve a wider spending measure.

參議院要在星期六午夜之前批准一個更廣泛的開支計劃。

The Senate is expected follow the lead of the House of Representatives, which on Thursday passed the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the government through September 2015.

衆議院星期四批准了1萬1000億美元、截至2015年9月30號的聯邦政府預算。預計參議院也將通過這個預算案。

Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner warned lawmakers that if they did not pass a bill Thursday - even a temporary measure to fund the government - they would have to stay in Washington until Christmas.

衆議院共和黨議長貝納向國會議員發出警告，如果星期四不通過聯邦撥款法案，哪怕是一個臨時法案，那麼他們就得在華盛頓一直待到聖誕節。

Lawmakers from both sides and President Obama urged passage, even though conservative Republicans were angry over what was not in the bill and liberal Democrats were upset over what was there.

兩黨議員和奧巴馬總統都敦促通過開支法案，儘管保守的共和黨人對法案中未包括的內容感到憤怒，而自由派民主黨人則對其中包括的一些內容表示不滿。