八点最热报 | 由美国当选总统特朗普支持的临时拨款法案在国会闯关失败，38名共和党众议员和几乎全部民主党众议员投下反对票。拨款法案遭到否决，让美国政府面临关门危机。除非新一轮的资金措施能在周五晚之前通过，否则美国政府将开始部分停摆，到时从边界执法到国家公园等各方面的资金都将中断，200多万联邦雇员的工资也会暂停发出。（主播：萧慧敏）
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00:04The U.S. government is going to play the closing crisis again.
00:08This time, it's not because of the collapse of the two parties,
00:10but because Trump, who will return to the White House in a month,
00:14is singing in the background.
00:16Because the federal government's funds will run out on December 20,
00:20in order to avoid the government's suspension,
00:22the U.S. Congress announced on the 17th
00:24a short-term funding bill that the two parties generally agree on.
00:27It will provide funds for the federal government until March next year.
00:31However, after the bill was released,
00:33U.S. President Donald Trump and ally Musk
00:35expressed their opposition.
00:37Trump insisted on increasing a clause,
00:41which is to increase U.S. debt before he takes office.
00:46Under Trump's pressure,
00:48the two parties were forced to change a temporary new bill three hours before the vote.
00:52But this bill, which was rushed out in the last minute,
00:56ended up with 174 votes in favor and 235 votes against.
01:01It was a failure.
01:03It was not approved by the House of Representatives.
01:05It's worth mentioning that not only did the Democratic Party oppose it,
01:08but even the Republican Party, which Trump belongs to,
01:10had 38 people vote against it.
01:13Unless the new round of funding measures
01:15can be approved by the House of Representatives
01:17before Friday night,
01:19otherwise the U.S. government
01:21is likely to start partial suspension on Friday night.
01:25At that time,
01:27all funds from border enforcement to national parks
01:29will be suspended.
01:31The salary of more than 2 million federal employees
01:33will also be suspended.
01:35Before Trump took office,
01:37Trump has once again turned things around.
01:40Some analysts believe that
01:42Trump's pressure to increase U.S. debt
01:44was to make it easier for him
01:46to pass his promised large-sum tax cuts
01:48after he takes office.
01:51But the Democratic Party criticized
01:53Trump's tax cuts will greatly benefit
01:56the world's richest people,
01:58such as Musk,
02:00but the U.S. will have to pay
02:02additional U.S. dollars.
02:05On this vote, the yeas are 174,
02:08the nays are 235,
02:10one voting present,
02:12two-thirds not being in the affirmative,
02:14the rules are not suspended,
02:16and the bill is not passed.
02:18U.S. President-elect Trump's
02:20U.S. Debt Relief Act failed in Congress.
02:2238 Republican senators
02:24and almost all Democratic senators
02:26voted against the bill.
02:28The bill was rejected,
02:30putting the U.S. government in a crisis.
02:32U.S. Senator-elect Mike Henshaw
02:34was questioned by the media
02:36and accused the Democrats
02:38of opposing the bill
02:40and putting the government in a crisis.
02:42Again, the only difference on this legislation
02:44was that we would push the debt ceiling
02:46to January of 2027.
02:49I think it's really irresponsible
02:51for us to risk a shutdown
02:53over these issues on things
02:55that they have already agreed upon.
02:57I think you need to be asking
02:59them the questions about that.
03:09What's the next step?
03:11We will regroup and we will come up
03:13with another solution, so stay tuned.
03:18Now it's not just the government's money.
03:20Even Johnson's position as president
03:22is on the verge of collapse.
03:24This election failure
03:26has also undermined Johnson's authority
03:28in the House of Representatives
03:30and has boosted the debate
03:32over the replacement of the president.
03:34Republican senators
03:36are openly challenging
03:38the idea of allowing Musk
03:40to be the next president
03:42of the House of Representatives
03:44and even saying that only if Musk
03:46is re-elected will there be a chance
03:48for him to be re-elected.
03:50The U.S. Congress on Sunday
03:52will be held on January 3rd,
03:54and a new president will have
03:56to be elected.
03:58Although the law does not require
04:00a new president to be elected
04:02in the House of Representatives,
04:04every president in U.S. history
04:06was born in the House of Representatives.