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The same is true at the Securities and Exchange Commission,
證券交易委員會的情況也是一樣，
which has come to a standstill with “only an extremely limited number of staff members available to respond to emergency situations,”
該機構已經停擺，“只有數量非常有限的少量應對緊急情況的工作人員還在繼續工作，”
according to a shutdown plan posted on the commission’s website.
委員會網站上公布的停擺計劃顯示。
As the effect moves well beyond the nation’s capital,
隨著特朗普政府停擺的影響遠超出首都地區，
craft brewers cannot get approval from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for new beer labels.
精釀啤酒商無法從煙酒稅收與貿易局那里拿到新啤酒標簽的批準。
And the Commerce Department has stopped processing requests
商務部也停止了處理
from auto suppliers and other manufacturing companies seeking an exemption from Mr. Trump’s metal tariffs,
汽車供應商和其他制造企業提交的尋求豁免特朗普制定的金屬關稅的申請，
leaving them uncertain over the price they will need to pay for key materials this year.
使得企業們心里對今年購買關鍵材料所需支付的價格沒了底。
Farmers who planned to apply for subsidies to help mitigate the effect of Mr. Trump’s trade war
計劃申請補貼，幫忙緩解特朗普貿易戰的影響的那些農民
must wait to get paid until the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency offices reopen.
也要等到農業部農業局辦公室重新運轉起來才能領到補貼。
And in neighborhoods across the country,
據Zillow估計，在全國各地的社區，
as many as 39,000 federally backed mortgage applications may have already been delayed
可能有將近3.9萬份聯邦政府支持的抵押貸款申請
because of reduced staffing in federal agencies, according to Zillow estimates.
因為聯邦機構人手不夠被推遲。
The tax refund decision flies in the face of previous shutdown plans — and interpretations of federal law —
這一退稅決定和之前的政府停擺計劃——以及他們對聯邦法律的解釋——是背道而馳的，
when the I.R.S. was prohibited from dispensing tax refunds.
因為那時，國稅局是被禁止發放退稅的。
The earliest I.R.S. statistics from 2018 show that 18 million individual tax returns had been filed by Feb. 2.
國稅局2018年最早的統計數據顯示，截至2018年2月2日，已經有1800萬份個人納稅申報單。
By that point, the I.R.S. had issued more than six million refunds, totaling $12.6 billion — an average refund of $2,035.
那時，國稅局已經發放了600多萬份，總計126億美元的退稅——平均每份的退稅金額為2035美元。
The agency issued more than $324 billion in refunds for all of last year.
去年全年，該機構一共發放了3240億美元的退稅。
Several nonprofit organizations, including the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association,
為此，一些非盈利組織，包括“聯邦執法人員協會”，
are trying to aid Department of Homeland Security workers
已經開始幫助國土安全部的工作人員，
who need immediate help with a limited pool of cash and other resources,
因為他們現金等資源都非常有限因而繼續外界的幫助，
an officer with the group’s charitable foundation said.
該組織下屬慈善基金會的一名工作人員說到。
The Navy Federal Credit Union is offering no-interest loans to service members who face the prospect of missed paychecks.
“海軍聯邦信用聯盟”也為可能會拿不到工資的服役人員提供了無息貸款。
USAA, though, has drawn criticism from members of the Coast Guard for offering similar loans that charge interest.
USAA保險公司則因為在提供類似貸款的時候收取了利息受到了海岸警衛隊隊員的批評。
Secret Service agents are growing increasingly anxious and angry about the shutdown,
特勤局特工對政府停擺一事已經越來越焦慮，越來越憤怒了，
according to several current and former agents.
據幾位現任和前任特工透露。
The Secret Service protects 42 people associated with the Trump White House,
該局負責保護與特朗普領導下的白宮有關的42名人士，
11 more than were given details during the Obama administration.
其中，起碼有11位的詳細身份都在奧巴馬在任期間公開了。
In August 2017, the agency’s new director, Randolph D. Alles, told an interviewer
2017年8月，該局的新任局長倫道夫·D.阿列斯曾向一位記者透露
that the sprawling Trump entourage was putting unprecedented strains on his agents, in terms of staffing and budgeting.
特朗普龐大的隨從隊伍讓他手下的特工們在人員配備和預算方面感受到了前所未有的壓力。
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