And partisan bickering caused a debt crisis, which led to us debt being downgraded and questions from other countries about whether Washington is competent to address its economic problems.

美国的党派纷争也导致债务危机，美国的债信因此被降级，其他国家也对华盛顿是否有能力解决其经济问题产生疑问。

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But Daschle warned that the package should not be a vehicle for partisan bickering.

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But many independents are turned off by the partisan bickering they are seeing in Washington.

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Something like the Bowles-Simpson compromise that nearly made it until hyper-partisan bickering sent it down.

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