Republicans demand federal spending be caught.

共和党人要求控制联邦开支。

As a percentage of federal spending, we have cut earmarks by half in this bill.

作为联邦开支的一部分，我们已经把这项议案中的专项拨款削减了一半。

On March 1st the “sequester”—across-the-board federal spending cuts worth $85 billion in the current fiscal year—took effect.

在3月1日自动减支——美联储这一财年在全国一共削减价值850亿美元的支出——产生效力。

Republicans are going to argue that more federal spending is a bad move with record inflation right now.

共和党人会辩称，在目前通胀创纪录的情况下，增加联邦支出是一个糟糕的举措。

A U.S. watchdog agency says that climate change has led to billions of dollars in federal spending to deal with major storms.

美国监管部门称联邦政府已在飓风方面花费了数十亿美金。

Most Republicans, though, well, they don't want to raise that debt ceiling anymore until federal spending cuts are part of the deal.

不过，大多数共和党人却想等到削减政府开支被纳入到协议中去，才希望提高债务上限。

Most Republicans though, well, they don't want to raise that debt ceiling anymore until federal spending cuts are part of a deal.

然而，在联邦开支削减成为协议的一部分前，大多数共和党人不想再提高债务上限。

During the Apollo era, though, NASA had about 4 percent of federal spending.

不过，在阿波罗时代，NASA 拥有大约 4% 的联邦支出。

Congress took advantage of the scandal that was enveloping the president to reduce his control over federal spending in the 1974 Budget Act.

在《1974年国会预算法案》中，国会利用总统的丑闻，减少了他对国家开支的控制权。

But most economists say that federal spending alone isn't necessarily to blame for rising inflation.

但大多数经济学家表示，通胀上升不一定要归咎于联邦支出本身。

The bill caps federal spending for the next two years until after the next US presidential election.

该法案限制了未来两年的联邦支出， 直到下届美国总统大选之后。

Later, she tells me that people understand inflation is complicated and that federal spending alone is not to blame.

后来，她告诉我，人们明白通货膨胀是复杂的，不应只怪罪于联邦支出。

They saw eye-to-eye on key issues like federal spending and what their position was going to be vis-a-vis House leadership.

他们在联邦支出以及他们相对众议院领导层的立场等关键问题上意见一致。

It is the so-called discretionary parts of federal spending—from crop insurance for farmers to money for highways—that would be halted.

联邦支出中所谓的可自由支配部分——从农民的农作物保险到高速公路资金——将被停止。

It also increased federal spending on virtually every aspect of the drug war-from stepped-up enforcement activities to prison construction to expanded treatment and drug-abuse education programs.

它还增加了联邦政府在禁毒战争几乎所有方面的支出——从加强执法活动到监狱建设，再到扩大治疗和药物滥用教育计划。

We're a city that needs to diversify our economy. We were overly relying on federal government spending. Some of the gridlock that happens in Washington has, frankly hurt our city.

我们是一个需要实现经济多元化的城市。我们过度依赖联邦政府支出。坦率地说，华盛顿发生的一些僵局伤害了我们的城市。

The biggest share of federal spending is mandatory expenditures on social security, health insurance and the like, which are prescribed by laws and not subject to the vagaries of the annual budget-setting process.

联邦支出的最大部分是社会保障、医疗保险等方面的强制性支出，这些支出由法律规定，不受年度预算制定过程的变化影响。

While outside analysis suggested the legislation would reduce the federal budget deficit by the end of the decade and have a limited impact on federal spending, Republicans continued to brand it a " reckless tax and spending spree."

尽管外界分析认为，该法案将在2020年之前削减联邦预算赤字，且对联邦支出的影响有限，但共和党人仍将其称为" 不计后果的税收和过度支出。”

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Alan Krueger said the hiring numbers reflect an improving job market, in spite of federal spending cuts from the sequester, which he took the opportunity to criticize.

白宫经济顾问委员会主席艾伦克鲁格表示，尽管联邦支出因自动减支而削减，但招聘数字反映出就业市场正在改善，他借此机会批评了这一点。