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After weeks of negotiations,
经过了几个星期的谈判，
the governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger
加州州长阿诺德施瓦辛格
has reached an outline agreement with legislative leaders
已经与立法领导人达成了协议大纲的共识
on a plan to tackle the state's massive budget shortfall.
以解决该州庞大的预算短缺问题。
The deal, which will have to be approved by the state legislature,
这个计划将会被该州的立法机关批准，
includes plans for billions of dollars in budget cuts,
其中包括削减数以十亿计美元的预算开支的计划，
but no tax rises. Peter Bolger reports.
但不包括增加赋税。彼得博格尔报道。
California has a budget shortfall of 26 billion dollars.
加州的预算短缺达到260亿美元。
State workers have been put on short time
政府工作人员的工作时间被缩短
and many social and education services have been cut.
此外，许多社会与教育服务也已被减少。
The state has even resorted
加州甚至向外求助
to issuing IOUs to companies it does business with
向与其开展业务的公司
and to individuals who are owed tax refunds.
以及个人签发欠条。
Governor Schwarzenegger described the comprised deal
州长施瓦辛格介绍这项协议
as a basic agreement to close the state's huge deficit.
是一项为弥补亏空的基本共识。
He and fellow Republicans have refused to raise taxes,
他和其他的共产党人拒绝提高税收，
all the opposition Democrats said fought to preserve social services.
而所有反对派民主党人则表示会为保留社会服务而斗争。
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