在获得特朗普总统的批准并缩减了“跛脚鸭”时期的雄心后，参议院共和党人正在考虑一份仅含国防开支的党派法案。
Senate Republicans are considering a defense-only party-line spending bill after getting the green light from President Donald Trump and paring down their lame-duck ambitions.
“在我看来这非常清楚——范围越窄，通过的可能性越大，”参议员凯文·克拉默（共和党-北达科他州）对 Semafor 表示。“即使我们当中最刻薄的食人魔，如果到了那一步，也能为国防开支无需抵消资金找到理由。”尽管如此，没有人保证这项和解努力会成功，和解程序可以规避参议院的冗长辩论。
“In my mind it’s crystal-clear — the narrower, the more likely,” Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., told Semafor. “Even the most mean-spirited ogres among us can rationalize no pay-fors for defense if that’s what it comes to.”Still, no one is guaranteeing success on the reconciliation effort, which can evade a Senate filibuster.
共和党人将不得不尽快通过一项设立该程序的预算决议——他们的优势将在 12 月 15 日变得更窄，届时民主党人谢罗德·布朗将取代落选的参议员乔恩·赫斯特德。
And Republicans will have to pass a budget resolution setting up the process soon — their margins are set to get narrower when Democrat Sherrod Brown replaces defeated Sen. Jon Husted on Dec. 15.
特朗普希望推出一项 3500 亿美元的法案，这笔资金旨在在与伊朗交战九个月后补充军力。目前讨论的提案不包括提高债务上限。
Trump wants a $350 billion bill, a sum meant to replenish the military after nine months of war with Iran. At this time, the proposal under discussion doesn’t include a debt ceiling increase.