Many Republicans say they will only vote to raise the debt ceiling if they are satisfied that budgettalks are yielding real deficit reduction.
许多共和党议员说,他们只有在对预算谈判带来真正的赤字削减感到满意的情况下,才会投票提高国债限额。
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Membership talks have begun with Croatia and Turkey; a start has been made on an energy policy; a budget deal, however unsatisfactory, was struck for 2007-13.
A successful outcome to talks between Congress and the White House over a multi-trillion-dollar package of budget cuts is clearly preferable to a chaotic debt default.