Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Barack Obama
menandatangani 1.1 trilion dolar omnibus bil perbelanjaan di Bangunan Pejabat
Eksekutif Baru, di seberang jalan dari White House , di Washington pada 17
Januari 2014. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson – think
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Barack Obama telah menandatangani pakej $ 1.1 trilion per-belanjaan yang akan
membiayai kerajaan persekutuan Amerika Syarikat sehingga September. Berbeza dengan
semasa penutupan Oktober, bil yang diterima sokongan kedua-dua parti tidak
pernah berlaku dalam kedua-dua Kongres House.
Yang
1,582 halaman panjang digubal rang undang-undang belanjawan persekutuan ger-gasi
telah menamatkan ancaman lain shutdown kerajaan sama dengan 16-hari panjang
yang berlaku pada bulan Oktober , apabila lebih 800,000 kakitangan kerajaan
telah furloughed manakala 1.3 juta terpaksa bekerja tanpa mengetahui bila kah
mereka akan dibayar.
Dewan
Rakyat mengundi overwhelmingly memihak kepada rang undang-undang yang besar
Rabu, meluluskan bajet dengan majoriti yang kuat daripada 359 kepada 67. Senat
mengambil menerajui Khamis, menyokong rang undang-undang oleh 72 hingga 26.
Obama menandatangani rang undang-undang menjadi undang-undang Jumaat.
“Kebaikan
pertolongan - iaitu sekeping besar perniagaan. Itu adalah rang undang-undang
yang besar,” kata Obama selepas melihat kotak biru besar-besaran yang
mengandungi dokumen itu.
“Di
seluruh lembaga, kerajaan kita akan beroperasi tanpa, mudah-mudahan, terlalu
banyak gangguan berbanding tahun akan datang,” kata Obama pada majlis itu,
mengu-capkan terima kasih kepada semua orang yang membuat ia mungkin untuk lulus
rang undang-undang melalui dalam masa yang singkat.
Laluan
Bajet baru dibangunkan sebagai hasil daripada pelbagai kompromi antara
Republikan dan Demokrat, dengan setiap pihak mendapat sesuatu sebagai balasan
untuk memberikan sesuatu sehingga .
Rang
undang-undang memastikan pembiayaan setiap agensi persekutuan dan skala kembali
mengasingkan yang serius terjejas Pentagon dan beberapa program utama domestik
tahun lepas. Walaupun bajet baru membawa perbelanjaan kurang daripada Presiden
Obama telah mencadangkan, namun ia berjumlah pembiayaan lebih besar daripada
Republikan telah berkeras.
Keuntungan
utama Parti Demokrat ‘merupakan pembiayaan beberapa tandatangan program
kesihatan Obamacare presiden, ditolak melalui bersama-sama dengan pening-katan
perbelanjaan Program Mula Ketua menyokong kanak-kanak dari keluarga
berpendapatan rendah dan beberapa program kesihatan mental.
Republikan
berkeras pemotongan bajet lagi untuk Amerika Syarikat Perkhidmatan Hasil Dalam
Negeri, agensi kerajaan yang menyatukan kutipan cukai dan perkhidmatan penguatkuasaan
undang-undang cukai, dan Agensi Perlindungan Alam Sekitar.
Pemotongan
bajet akan terus bagi Jabatan Pendidikan, Jabatan Perumahan dan Pemban-gunan
Bandar, Jabatan Buruh, dan juga Pentadbiran Keselamatan Pengangkutan, namun.
Sementara
itu, pembiayaan akan ditambah bagi Pentadbiran Keselamatan Sosial, Pusat
Kawalan Penyakit dan Institut Kesihatan Kebangsaan. Selain itu, pembiayaan akan
ditambah atau pemotongan akan diterbalikkan untuk FBI, Tentera Kor Jurutera dan
semua program keselamatan siber. Pentagon akan mengelakkan dipotong kira-kira $
20 bilion.
Bajet
baru supposes membeku untuk banyak gaji tertinggi kerajaan, termasuk naib
presiden. Rang undang-undang membawa berita baik untuk veteran kurang upaya dan
keluarga veteran tertentu itu , yang akan terselamat dari potongan pencen -
nasib yang menunggu pesara tentera muda.
Safe from Shutdown: OBAMA Signs trillion-dollar
budget
President
Barack Obama has signed a $1.1 trillion spending package that will fund the US
federal government until September. In contrast to during October’s shutdown,
the bill received unprecedented bipartisan support in both houses of Congress.
The
giant 1,582 page-long enacted federal budget bill has put an end to the threat
of another government shutdown similar to the 16-day-long one that took place
in October, when over 800,000 employees of state were furloughed while other
1.3 million had to work without knowing when they would be paid.
The
House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of the massive bill
Wednesday, approving the budget with a strong majority of 359 to 67. The Senate
took up the lead Thursday, supporting the bill by 72 to 26. Obama signed the
bill into law Friday.
“Goodness
gracious – that is a big piece of business. That is a big bill,” Obama said
after looking at a massive blue box containing the document.
“Across
the board, our government is going to be operating without, hopefully, too many
glitches over the next year,” Obama said at the signing ceremony, thanking
everyone who made it possible to pass the bill through in such a short time.
The new
budget’s passage was engineered as a result of multiple compromises between the
Republicans and the Democrats, with each party gaining something in return for
giving something up.
The bill
ensures funding of every federal agency and scales back the sequester that
seriously affected the Pentagon and some major domestic programs last year.
Though the new budget brings less spending than President Obama had proposed,
it nevertheless amounted to larger funding than the Republicans were insisting
on.
The
Democrats’ major gain was the continuation of funding for the president’s
signature Obamacare health program, pushed through together with increasing
spending on the Head Start Program supporting children from low-income families
and some mental health programs.
Republicans
insisted on further budget cuts for the US Internal Revenue Service, the
government agency uniting tax collection and tax law enforcement services, and
the Environmental Protection Agency.
Budget
cuts will continue for the Department of Education, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Department of Labor, as well as the Transportation Security
Administration, however.
Meanwhile,
funding will be increased for the Social Security Administration, Centers for
Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. Also, the funding will
be increased or the cuts will be reversed for the FBI, the Army Corps of
Engineers and all cyber security programs. The Pentagon will avoid a roughly
$20 billion cut.
The new
budget supposes freezes for many top government salaries, including that of the
vice president. The bill brings good news for disabled veterans and certain
veteran's families, who will be saved from pension cuts – the fate awaiting
younger military retirees.
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