Anxiety(焦虑渴望) is filling the air in Washington D.C., as the clock ticks closer to a federal government shutdown with no budget approval. Lawmakers continued the debate Friday, leaving tourists in the nation's capital wondering whether it will

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's Day 21 of the partial federal government shutdown, and it's causing big financial concerns for hundreds of thousands of people who aren't getting paychecks today. Here's one example. Some furloughed workers can't refinance t

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are now into day seven of a partial shutdown of the federal government. Government employees are still getting paid for work they did before the shutdown, but the checks will soon be stopping. Among the 800,000 people to be aff

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

NOEL KING, HOST: This morning, a partial government shutdown continues. It started on Saturday after lawmakers failed to agree on a set of spending bills. The main sticking point was President Trump's demand for $5 billion for border wall funding. Th

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(33) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Hackers love to try to breach U.S. computer systems. This now may be easier than ever before. With so many IT and cybersecurity workers furloughed by the shutdown, security professionals say government websites are more vul

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

Not Out To Lunch: Businesses That Rely On Federal Workers Suffer The Shutdown MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to talk a bit more about the partial shutdown of the federal government, which is entering its third week. We've talked earlier this hour a

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年NPR美国国家公共电台1月