奧巴馬總統簽署重開政府及提高債務上限法案

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law a last-minute compromise bill to reopen the federal government and raise the debt ceiling to avoid a potential U.S. debt default.

The president signed the bill early Thursday morning, after a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

Members of the House of Representatives approved the plan late Wednesday by a vote of 285 to 144, after it was approved by the Senate earlier in the day (by a vote of 81 to 18).

White House budget office said federal workers should plan to return to work Thursday morning.

Mr. Obama has thanked leaders of both parties and said it is time to earn back the lost trust of the American people.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and his Republican colleague Mitch McConnell put together the composite bill Wednesday, a day before the current borrowing authority expired.

The bill will keep the government running until at least January 15 and raise the borrowing limit enough to put off the risk of default until at least February 7. In the meantime, lawmakers will negotiate on spending cuts.美國總統奧巴馬簽署了國會參衆兩院在最後一刻通過的有關結束政府關閉以及提高舉債上限以避免債務違約的妥協性法案。

奧巴馬於星期四凌晨簽署了這項法案。國會議員們星期三進行了緊張的談判。

星期三晚間，衆議院以285票對144票通過了這項議案，此前該議案在參議院以81票對18票獲得通過。

白宮預算辦公室說，聯邦政府僱員應當計劃於星期四上午恢復正常工作。

奧巴馬感謝國會兩黨領導人，並表示現在是贏回美國人民信任的時候了。

參議院多數黨民主黨領袖裏德和共和黨領袖麥康奈爾在星期三，也就是美國觸及債務上限的前一天，擬定了這項綜合議案。

這項議案簽署後，美國政府就可以運轉到明年1月15日，債務上限推遲到明年2月7日。在此期間，國會議員可以就削減政府開支進行談判。