美國會通過臨時撥款法案避免政府關門大綱

The U.S. Congress passed a spending bill Wednesday that will keep the government operating for another few months and provide $1.1 billion for efforts to combat the Zika virus.

The measure passed by a margin of 342-85 in the House and 72-26 in the Senate.

Without the extension, many government agencies would have run out of money when the federal fiscal year ends at midnight Friday. The new spending bill runs through December 9.

The breakthrough came after top congressional leaders resolved a stalemate over aid to Flint, Michigan, to help the city address its water crisis. Democratic advocates for Flint are now satisfied with Republican assurances that money for Flint will be finalized after the country's November elections.

The bill also includes $500 million for flood relief in Louisiana and other states.

Democrats in the Senate and House had vowed to oppose the bill until Republicans agreed to an aid package for Flint, a city of more than 100,000 people that has had lead-tainted drinking water for more than two years.

The deal defuses a lengthy, frustrating battle over Zika spending. Democrats claimed a partial victory on Flint while the GOP-dominated Louisiana delegation won a downpayment on Obama's $2.6 billion request for their state.美國國會星期三通過了一項撥款法案，使政府可以再維持運作幾個月，同時爲應對寨卡病毒提供11億美元的撥款。

衆議院以342對85票，參議院以72對26票通過了這個法案。

若不延長預算，很多政府機構到星期五午夜聯邦財政年度結束時將沒有任何資金。新的撥款法案的有效期一直持續到12月9日。

國會高層領袖解決了圍繞向密西根州弗林特提供援助，以幫助該市解決水污染問題而存在的僵局之後，撥款法案出現了突破。支持援助弗林特的民主黨人對共和黨人保證在11月的大選後落實給弗林特的撥款表示滿意。

這個法案還包括向路易斯安那和其它州提供5億美元的水災救濟。

參衆兩院的民主黨人曾誓言反對撥款法案，直到共和黨人接受弗林特市的援助計劃。該市有10萬多人喝了兩年多遭鉛污染的自來水。

這一妥協化解了在寨卡病毒撥款問題上一場令人沮喪的持久戰。民主黨人在弗林特問題上取得了部分勝利，共和黨人控制的路易斯安那州國會代表團則贏得了奧巴馬請求國會給該州26億美元撥款的首付。