We've got guys who will not approve the debt limit extension unless we give ’em a piece of meat, real meat,’ ” meaning spending cuts.

除非我们让他们切一块肉，一块真正的肉，就会有人拒绝债务限额的延伸，’”，这块肉指的就是削减开支。

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The bank’s officials have argued, in increasingly hysterical tones, that any tampering with Greek debt, even a modest extension of maturities, would be a catastrophe.

欧中中央银行的官员们以一种歇斯底里的语调争论道，任何对于希腊债务的改变，即便是对到期债务的一丁点延期，都将导致一场灾难。

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First of all, a six-month extension of the debt ceiling might not be enough to avoid a credit downgrade and the higher interest rates that all Americans would have to pay as a result.

首先，延长债务上限6个月可能不足以避免信用降级和所有的美国人因此将不得不支付的较高利率。

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Now France and Germany are apparently lobbying for a debt extension, though the ECB is not convinced this is a good idea.

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And Congress will have to vote yet again on a debt limit extension.

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How then do conservatives negotiate the coming debt ceiling extension, especially when they control neither the White House nor the Senate?

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