CNN News: 美國國會和美國總統(tǒng)的歷史性對決

I`m Carl Azuz, kicking off your Thursday edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS.

我是卡爾·阿祖茲，為您播報今天的CNN 學(xué)生新聞。

First up, a historic showdown between the U.S. Congress and the U.S. president. Earlier this month, the House and Senate passed a controversial bill. Its goal was to allow the families of terrorism victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.

頭條新聞。美國國會和美國總統(tǒng)的歷史性對決。本月初，參議院和眾議院通過了具有爭議的法案。此法案允許“9·11”恐怖襲擊遇難者家屬起訴沙特政府。

Why? The Middle Eastern country has been accused of helping the terrorist group that conducted the September 11th, 2001 attacks. Fifteen of the terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government has denied having any role in the attacks.

原因?沙特政府被指控幫助恐怖組織實施9.11事件。其中15名恐怖分子來自沙特阿拉伯。沙特政府否認參加了9.11事件。

Why did President Obama oppose the bill? He said it would interfere with his ability to conduct foreign policy and that it could potentially lead to the U.S. government being sued in other country`s court systems.

為什么總統(tǒng)奧巴馬反對該法案呢?奧巴馬表示此法案將干擾自己的外交政策，同時也可能會導(dǎo)致美國被其他國家起訴。

For its part, Saudi Arabia threatened to abandon hundreds of billions of dollars of investments in American assets if the bill passed.

同時，沙特政府警告稱，如果美國通過該法案，將不會把數(shù)千萬美元投資于美國房地產(chǎn)。

Why did U.S. lawmakers support the bill? They felt the families of 9/11 victims deserve to have their day in court against Saudi Arabia. One attorney in the suit suggested that if the Saudi government was innocent, it wouldn`t have to be afraid of the lawsuits.

但為什么美國國會議員支持這項法案呢?他們認為9.11遇難者的家屬有權(quán)起訴沙特政府。其中一名律師表示，如果沙特政府是無辜的，就不應(yīng)該懼怕該法案。

So, what happened with the bill? President Obama vetoed it last week. But yesterday afternoon, Congress overrode that veto. It was the first time that`s happened since President Obama took office. Overriding a veto takes a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.

那么，最后結(jié)果如何呢?上周，奧巴馬否決了該法案。但是，昨日天下午，國會推翻否決。這是自奧巴馬執(zhí)政以來的首次出現(xiàn)總統(tǒng)否決被推翻的情況。推翻總統(tǒng)否決需要眾議院和參議院2/3選票通過。

And it`s pretty rare. Only around 4 percent of U.S. presidential vetoes had ever been overridden according to "The Wall Street Journal".

總統(tǒng)否決這種情況非常罕見。根據(jù)《華爾街日報》，僅有約4%的總統(tǒng)否決被推翻。