意见的分歧不在于是否提高限额，而在于应该如何提高。

The difference of opinion doesn't lie in whether or not the limit should be raised, but how it should be raised.

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他说：“所有来到华盛顿的新任议员都会坚持这一点，那就是如果我们提高借债限额，这必须与其他举措联系起来。”

All the new people coming to Washington are going to insist that if we raise the debt ceiling, it has to be linked to something, "he said."

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迫使国会偶尔关注债务问题，并且在提高债务限额之前思考其影响，这种做法或许曾经有过价值。

There may once have been value in forcing Congress to occasionally focus on the debt and think about its implications before raising the debt limit.

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