The United States Congress and the president are still locked in disagreement over proposals to reduce the massive budget deficit.

美国国会与总统对减少巨额预算赤字的提议各持己见，僵持不下。

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To achieve this, the United States is committed to returning the federal budget deficit to a sustainable path and pursuing measures to encourage private saving.

为实现这一目标，美国致力于将联邦预算赤字恢复到可维持的水平，并采取措施鼓励私人储蓄。

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The United States' budget deficit is a serious problem, and there have been serious proposals to deal with it, such as those by the bipartisan Bowles-Simpson Commission.

美国的预算赤字是个重大问题，一些重要提案也指出了对策，如两党联立的鲍尔斯·辛普森委员会提出的那些。

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This year the United States is projected to run a budget deficit that amounts to 11.9% of GDP in 2010, the highest in the first world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (although the Congressional Budget Office puts the deficit-to-GDP ratio at 8.9%).

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