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These kicked in automatically after Congress failed to pass a more palatable plan to bring down deficits.
這些自動踢回的問題未能在國會之后通過一個更好的計劃來降低赤字。
The sequester was supposed to be so severe that lawmakers would have to strike a deal to avoid it.
這種縮減如此嚴重以至于立法者不得不立刻達成協議來避免它。
Cutting budgets by a further 10% would be painful.
進一步削減預算的百分之十將是痛苦的。
The White House wants the State Department and foreign-aid budgets to bear much of the burden.
白宮希望國務院和對外援助的預算能夠承擔起大部分負擔。
But these make up only a small proportion of the federal budget: about $57bn in total.
但是這些只占聯邦預算的一小部分：約570億美元。
The sequester also cut defence spending deeply, which is why hawks like Senator John McCain have been questioning America's military preparedness.
這項自動減支也會更深的縮減國防支出，這也是Senator John McCain 等鷹派人對軍隊準備提出質疑的原因所在。
Barack Obama's last budget proposed a boost to defence spending about two-thirds as big as Mr Trump's.
巴拉克·奧巴馬的最終預算計劃加大國防支出，其數額大約有川普的三分之二。
A recent paper by Mr McCain argues that an additional $54bn is needed on top of Mr Obama's figure—for a total boost of $91bn, compared with the sequester.
Mr McCain的最近的研究表明，在奧巴馬所表示的數額之上，一項附加的540億美元的開支是有必要的-總計要增加910億美元，與縮減數目相比。
Congress can usually write budgets with a simple majority in both houses.
國會通常會用兩院的一種簡單的多數同意方式來撰寫預算。
But amending the sequester may require 60 votes in the Senate, and hence bipartisan co-operation. (This happened in 2013 and 2015. )
但修訂自動預算削減方案可能需要參議院60票絕對多數，進而可能需要兩黨合作。（這類事件在2013年和2015年發生過。）
Democrats will never support cuts on the scale Mr Trump seems to want.
民主黨永遠不會支持特朗普先生想要的那種規模的開支縮減。
Plenty of Republicans, too, worry about cuts to the State Department.
許多共和黨人也擔心政府部門的開支削減。
Mick Mulvaney, Mr Trump's budget chief, says that he is under no illusions about the budget's prospects in Congress, recalling that Republicans paid little attention to Mr Obama's proposals.
特朗普先生的預算辦公室主任Mick Mulvaney回想起共和黨人不在意奧巴馬先生的建議，于是他說對國會預算的前景沒抱有任何幻想。
The budget, he says, was not written for Congress, but for the people.
他說預算不是為國會撰寫的，而是為人民撰寫的。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
