奧巴馬爭取民衆支持其避免“財政懸崖”計劃

U.S. President Barack Obama is making a campaign-style trip Friday aimed at winning public support for his plan to avert a potential fiscal crisis.

Mr. Obama's visit to a toy factory in Pennsylvania is part of a series of public events to sell the nation on his strategy to avoid the $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases set to take effect January 1.

Congressional Republicans say there is little progress in resolving the partisan stalemate over how to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff."

House Speaker John Boehner said he was "disappointed" after speaking with the president late Wednesday and meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday.

Boehner, the leader of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, criticized the president for staging gatherings of taxpayers this week who support his call for eliminating tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

The forced spending cuts would affect important defense and domestic programs, while the question on the tax cuts is whether they should be extended beyond their scheduled December 31 expiration.

The Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid, said, "We are still waiting for a serious offer from Republicans."美國總統奧巴馬星期五將做一次競選式出行，爭取民衆支持他的計劃，以避免潛在的財政危機。

奧巴馬將訪問賓夕法尼亞州的一家玩具工廠，這是一系列公共活動的組成部分，爭取美國民衆支持他的戰略，以避免在明年1月1號生效的削減6千億美元開支和增稅。

共和黨議員說，圍繞如何避免所謂“財政懸崖”的問題，共和黨和民主黨在打破僵持局面上幾乎沒有取得進展。

衆議院議長貝納說，他星期三晚間與奧巴馬舉行會談以及星期四會晤財政部長蓋特納後，感到失望。

共和黨人控制着衆議院。衆議院共和黨領袖貝納指責奧巴馬總統本星期召集那些支持其稅收主張的納稅人開會。奧巴馬主張停止對富有的美國人實行減稅政策。

強制性的削減開支將影響到重要的國防和國內計劃。在減稅方面的問題是，減稅政策是否應該延長到12月31號之後。

參議院民主黨領袖裏德說：“我們仍然在等待共和黨人給我們一個嚴肅的提議。”