Three in every five interviewed felt that the budget was neutral and they would be no better off.

每5个受访者中有3个认为该预算不会带来什么变化，他们的境况也不会改善。

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It takes some of the strain off the budget. But it does not help much else.

此举可以缓解预算压力，但也起不了多大的作用。

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Off-budget financing should be ended by closing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

结束房利美和房地美的业务，取消预算外的资金投入。

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Funds from the payroll tax currently go into the federal Treasury, albeit off budget.

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It remains unclear how strongly Shuster and others would fight for a provision in the House bill that would take the Highway Trust Fund off budget.

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Rep. Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, said he appreciated Obama's promise to include disaster spending and the war in the new budget, instead of moving the items "off budget" to make the bottom line look better.

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