Will the deal deliver what it promises? A bipartisan committee has to propose $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by the end of this year, and Congress must either accept that proposal, or see immediate, politically painful expenditure cuts, which would include defense spending – an area that America’s Republicans care about strongly.
最后的方案能够兑现承诺吗？一个跨党派委员会必须拿出在今年年底前削减1.5万亿美元赤字的方案，国会要么接受这一方案，要么接受马上开始但在政治上极为痛苦的方案（其中包括防务支出削减，而这是美国共和党所强力捍卫的领域），没有第三个选择。