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US Congress Faces Deadline on Domestic Security Funding
After a weeklong recess, the U.S. Congress gets back to work facing a deadline: funding for domestic security operations expires at the end of the month. A Republican attempt to block President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration has been a sticking point in authorizing new spending for the Department of Homeland Security.
Another day and another terrorist threat: this one from Africa-based al-Shabaab, responsible for a deadly 2013 attack on a shopping mall in Kenya, and now claiming to have Minnesota’s Mall of America in its sights.
The threat highlights the need to keep domestic security operations funded, according to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
“It is imperative that we have a budget for the Department of Homeland Security, which is due to expire at the end of the week,” said Johnson.
For weeks, Democrats have blocked Senate consideration of a House-passed DHS bill that would block President Obama’s executive order shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Democrats, and some Senate Republicans, are calling for a “clean” funding bill with no strings attached.
That is a non-starter, according to House Speaker John Boehner.
“The House has done its job. We have passed a bill that funds the department and sTOPs the president’s unilateral actions with regard to immigration, said Boehner. It is up to Senate Democrats to do their job.”
But the firestorm over immigration could be tempered by last week’s action by a federal court to put the president’s executive action on hold.
“I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court, said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. The worst possible outcome for this nation is to defund the Department of Homeland Security given the multiple threats we face to our homeland.”
Graham said Republicans, who control both houses of Congress, will be blamed if funding lapses and the United States suffers an attack.
词语分析
respond
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
v.回答；响应；反应；反应灵敏；反响
n.[建]壁联；[宗]应唱圣歌
参考例句
用作动词
I invited her to dinner but she did not respond.
我请她吃晚饭，但她未作回答。
The professor lectured with a beaming countenance, but the students didn't respond much, only agreeing with what he said.
教授讲得眉飞色舞，学生们却没太大的反响，只不过随声应和。
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freely
英汉讲解
adv.自由地；免费地；直率地；很多地
参考例句
用作副词
The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely.
伍德斯托克一代试图自由地赶时髦。
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rival
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
n.角逐者；对手；同伴
adj.角逐的
v.角逐；与 ... 相匹敌
参考例句
用作名词
He is hound out of his job by jealous rival.
他遭到忌妒他的角逐者的算计而被迫辞职。
用作形容词
He was utterly unscrupulous in his competition with rival firms.
他与对立公司角逐完全不讲道德。
用作动词
Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.
轮船在速度方面没办法与飞机匹敌。
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feature
困难程度：5星基本词语，属常用1000词
英汉讲解
n.特点；特点；相貌；特写；故事片
vt.以 ... 为特点
vi.起要紧用途
参考例句
用作名词
Their candor is a very pleasing feature.
他们的坦白是非常愉快的特点。
用作及物动词
This restaurant seems to feature vegetarian dishes.
这家餐厅好像以素菜为其特点。
用作不及物动词
Jazz and Blues feature prominently in the magazine.
爵士和蓝调在杂志中占要紧篇幅。
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universal
困难程度：3星常用词语，属常用6000词
英汉讲解
adj.常见的；全世界的；宇宙的；全体的；通用的
n.通用
参考例句
用作形容词
A universal theory cannot be induced from a finite number of facts.
一项宇宙的学说不可以从有限数目的事实总结而得。
Americans strongly favour the introduction of universal health care.
美国人强烈同意推行覆盖全体国民的医疗保险规范。
用作名词
English is a universal language.
英语是一种世界通用的语言。
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remains
困难程度：5星基本词语，属常用1000词
英汉讲解
n.剩余物；遗迹；遗体
参考例句
用作名词
After the wheat crop has been gathered, many farmers burn the remains and plough the ash into the soil, so as to enrich it.
小麦收割完成后，农夫们把剩余物烧掉，然后用犁把灰埋入地里，使土地更肥沃。
Choi's remains true today for cremation.
崔真实的遗体今天进行火葬。
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demand
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
n.需要；需要
v.需要；查问；需要
参考例句
用作名词
The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.
煤的需要在春季开始降低。
用作动词
All these questions demand careful and detailed study.
这类都需要认真具体的研究。
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