美国总统奥巴马于美国时间7月31日晚间宣布,美国国会两党就提高国债上限达成一致。达成的协议中第一部分要求在十年内削减1万亿美元开支,这将使美国的年度国内开支降至半个多世纪以来的最低水平,但仍能保证在教育和研究等领域的投资,以创造就业,并且削减开支不会过急,以免拖累脆弱的经济。协议第二部分是要在国会设立一个由两党议员组成的委员会,负责在2011年11月以前提出进一步削减赤字的建议。最重要的是,这份协议将使美国不会在未来6个月、8个月,或者12个月再次面临同样的 U.S. President Barack Obama announced on the evening of July 31 that the U.S. Congress and the two parties reached an agreement on raising the upper limit of the national debt. The first part of the deal, which calls for a $ 1 trillion reduction in spending over 10 years, will bring the United States annual domestic spending to the lowest level in more than half a century but still guarantee investment in areas such as education and research to Job creation and spending cuts will not be too hasty, so as not to drag down the fragile economy. The second part of the agreement is to set up a bipartisan committee in parliament to raise the proposal of further reducing the deficit by November 2011. Most importantly, this agreement will prevent the United States from facing the same problem again in the coming six months, eight months or 12 months