_____________________________.I'm David Deforest reporting from Washington.我是David Deforest 华盛顿为您报道. U.S. lawmakers are meeting again today, the last time they have to reach an agreement to avert higher taxes for most American workers and mandated government spending cuts that would take effect tomorrow. And analysts say the austerity measures could plunge the U.S. into another recession. Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Mitch McConnell, the Leader of the Minority Republican caucus in the Senate, negotiated late into Sunday night on details of a compromise. But there was no apparent accord, including whether to delay the spending cuts that would curtail key defense and domestic programs. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner got into a public argument over the weekend. Kent Klein reports.美国议员今日举行会晤,为避免提高多数美国工人税收以及削减政府开支举行磋商,争取达成协定使其明日生效.分析师认为财政紧缩措施将可能使美国陷入新一轮经济衰退.民主党人,副总统拜登以及参议院少数派共和党领袖McConnell就折中让步的细节问题协商至周日深夜.但是就包括削减国防开支以及减少国内项目建设等问题,双方没有达成明确的协定.总统奥巴马及众议院议长John Boehner在周末举行了一场公开辩论.Kent Klein 为您报道.
