美国参议院的民主党领袖们放弃通过一个高达1万2000亿美元的庞大开支法案。该法案将为美国政府明年的运作提供经费。
参议院多数党领袖里德星期四宣布，面对共和党议员的反对，他不会试图将这个提案付诸表决。共和党议员们反对该法案中包含由个别议员为了他们所在州和选区的利益而加入的7000个特别资助项目。这些俗称专项拨款的项目会耗费数十亿美元。参议院共和党领袖麦康奈尔说服了足够多的正在考虑支持这一法案的共和党人改变了立场。
Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate have abandoned efforts to pass a massive $1.2 trillion spending bill that would finance the U.S. government through next year.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Thursday he would not try to bring the measure to a vote in the face of Republican lawmakers’ opposition to the inclusion of 7,000 specially-funded projects personally requested by individual lawmakers for their home states and districts. The projects, commonly known as earmarks, cost billions of dollars. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell convinced enough Republicans who were considering voting for the bill to switch positions.