These reforms need to be agreed, in legislative form, by the US Congress before they can take effect. For whatever reason, President Barack Obama’s administration did not push this item hard in 2013 and early 2014 – and the agenda of encouraging further IMF reform has therefore languished.
上述改革措施生效前必须在美国国会以立法形式达成一致。无论出于何种原因，奥巴马总统政府在2013年和2014年初并没有尽力推动这项议案——鼓励基金组织进一步改革的计划也因此陷入到胶着状态。