debt ceiling

常見例句

Some in their ranks claim they do not want the debt ceiling raised at all, although that would oblige the government to cut spending by almost half overnight.
還有一些共和黨人聲稱，盡管提高債務限額會促使政府在頃刻間削減近半的開支，他們也根本不愿這樣做。
Once the Tea Party members of Congress reconceived themselves as part of the governing elite, what they wanted was for the debt ceiling to be raised -- without too many of them having to vote for it.
一旦茶黨成員接受了成為統(tǒng)治精英的一部分這一現(xiàn)實，他們要做的就是同意上調(diào)最高債務限額--盡管他們當中不會有太多的人會同意上調(diào)債限。
The deficit issue has become entangled with a vote Congress will soon consider on raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.
赤字問題已經(jīng)與國會不久將審議表決的提高國家14.3萬億美元的債務限額纏繞在一起。

Add to the list the after-shock of the congressional debt ceiling battle and the debt downgrade.
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Setting aside the issue of the debt ceiling, there is a lot at stake.
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The debt ceiling increase, does that need to go to the Hill this week?
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