奥巴马请求国会拨款600亿赈灾
[font=宋体, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=14px][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]US President Barack Obama has requested more than $60bn from Congress for response, recovery and repairs in the wake of "Superstorm" Sandy.[/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]美国总统奥巴马请求国会拨款600多亿美元用于超级风暴桑迪的恢复重建工作。[/b][/size][/font]
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[color=#0000FF]Much of the New Jersey and New York shoreline was wrecked by Sandy[/color]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The scale of the request was welcomed by the governors of the two worst-hit states, New York and New Jersey.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]But the request fell short of the $80bn estimate of the total [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/91184.html]damage[/url] done in those states and in Connecticut.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The White House said the storm was on track to be the second or third most costly storm in US history. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Only Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992 caused more damage, Jeffrey Zients of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wrote in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Sandy has been blamed for more than 120 deaths, and many thousands of people are still unable to live in their flood-damaged homes.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]No spending cuts[/b][/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The presidential request will have to pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Democratic-led Senate before funds are made available.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]It is expected to face scrutiny in [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/91184.html]Congress[/url], where many fiscal conservatives are strongly opposed to increases in US federal spending.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Mr Obama's team proposed no spending cuts in conjunction with the funding request, saying the "sudden, urgent, unforeseen and temporary" nature of the disaster made the request allowable under disaster-relief laws.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]In a statement, Governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey thanked Mr Obama for his "steadfast commitment of support" since the storm hit on 29 October.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]They said the package would pay for "essential mitigation and prevention efforts that will better protect our region against the devastating impacts of future superstorms".[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The huge funding request comes as the president and his advisers are negotiating with Republicans over a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" - a combination of spending rises and tax cuts due to take effect on 1 January if no action is taken.[/size][/font]
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