在国会在仅剩几天的时间里避免了一场经济灾难性的违约后，总统乔·拜登周五在黄金时间向全国发表了讲话通过立法提高美国31.4万亿美元的债务上限。

总统在他的第一次椭圆形办公室讲话中，强调“团结”使之成为可能。

“当我竞选总统时，我被告知两党合作的日子已经结束了，”他说。“民主党人和共和党人不能再合作了。我拒绝相信这一点，因为美国永远不会屈服于这种思维方式。”

拜登周六签署了该法案，使之成为法律。

“我刚刚签署了一项两党预算协议，该协议防止了首次违约，同时减少了赤字，保障了社会保障、医疗保险和医疗补助，并履行了我们对退伍军人的神圣义务。现在，我们继续建设世界上最强大的经济体，”拜登在推特上说星期六。

拜登将他与众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡达成的协议吹捧为美国家庭的胜利，证明了他有能力妥协，以保持国家走上正轨——这是他在2024年连任竞选中使用的主题。

他说:“对于我们在过去几年中取得的所有进展来说，至关重要的是保持美国的完整、信念和信誉，并通过一项继续增长我们的经济并反映我们作为一个国家的价值观的预算。”“这就是我今晚向你们讲话的原因。报道一场危机的避免以及我们为保护美国的未来所做的一切。通过这项预算协议至关重要。赌注不可能更高了。”

在谈到这笔交易是如何达成的时，他表示，没有人得到了他们想要的一切，但仍采取行动避免了最糟糕的情况:违约可能会引发经济衰退，并导致数百万人失业。

2023年6月2日，乔·拜登总统在华盛顿特区的白宫椭圆形办公室发表讲话。

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“我知道两党合作很难，团结也很难，”他说。“但我们永远不能停止尝试。因为在这样的时刻，在我们刚刚面临的时刻，在美国经济和世界经济面临崩溃的风险时，没有其他办法，无论我们的政治变得多么艰难，我们都必须将彼此视为美国同胞，而不是对手。”

他重申了他就职演说中的一条关键路线，敦促美国人“停止喊叫，降低温度，共同努力追求进步。”

财政责任法案是拜登和麦卡锡几个月来反复讨论的结果。它将债务上限提高到2025年1月1日，以换取联邦支出的部分削减。

拜登周六签署了该法案，结束了几周以来的焦虑，即美国将在历史上首次无法按时足额支付所有账单，包括社会保障或医疗补助福利，从而陷入经济动荡。

在他的椭圆形办公室讲话中，拜登特别称赞麦卡锡和共和党以及白宫谈判团队“完全诚实，相互尊重”，并赞扬了其他国会高层领导人的工作。

“他们采取了负责任的行动，将国家的利益置于政治之上，”拜登说，并补充说，“双方都信守了承诺。”

早些时候，当ABC新闻的伊丽莎白·舒尔茨问及拜登为什么选择在椭圆形办公室发表演讲时，白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔说，他想迎接这一“严峻”的时刻。

当拜登在幕后努力敲定协议时，他有时会让民主党人感到沮丧，特别是党内进步派的成员，他们担心他对共和党的要求让步太多。

有一次，他党内的几个人敦促他单干使用第十四修正案单方面提高债务上限，这是拜登在这种情况下最终拒绝的想法，但他说他会研究这个想法。

他本周早些时候表示:“我已经明确表示，唯一的前进道路是能够赢得两党支持的两党妥协。”"这份协议通过了考验."

最终的结果确实给了民主党和共和党一些值得庆祝的东西:白宫吹捧对关键优先事项和立法成就的保护，而麦卡锡则向他的核心小组推销这一点，认为这是控制政府支出所急需的。

“我想创造历史，”麦卡锡在众议院通过法案后绕场一周庆祝胜利时说。“我想做一些其他国会从未做过的事情，我们将真正扭转局面，在相当长的一段时间里，我们的支出将首次少于前一年。今晚，我们都创造了历史。”

来自两党的温和派在众议院和参议院给予该法案必要的批准，但最终更多的国会民主党人投票赞成该法案。

“民主党今晚感觉非常好，”参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)在周四的投票后得意洋洋地说。"我们已经把这个国家从违约的灾难中拯救了出来。"

舒默认为，民主党人“击败了共和党议程中最糟糕的部分”，包括更大程度的削减开支，这将拆除通货膨胀削减法案的部分内容，使人们不再接受联邦援助，并阻止拜登的学生贷款豁免计划。

拜登周五还庆祝该法案没有触及社会保障、医疗补助、退伍军人福利和其他优先事项，然后转向他接下来想要完成的一系列其他优先事项，包括进一步削减赤字和通过让富裕的美国人“支付公平的份额”来增加收入。

“我会回来的，在你们的帮助下，我会赢的，”他说。

Biden signs bipartisan debt ceiling deal

President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a prime-time speech Friday after Congress averted an economically disastrous default with just days to spareby passing legislationto raise the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling.

The president, speaking from behind the Resolute Desk in his first Oval Office address, stressed that "unity" had made it possible.

"When I ran for president, I was told the days of bipartisanship were over," he said. "That Democrats, Republicans could no longer work together. I refused to believe that because America can never give into that way of thinking."

Biden signed the bill into law Saturday.

"I just signed into law a bipartisan budget agreement that prevents a first-ever default while reducing the deficit, safeguarding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and fulfilling our scared obligation to our veterans. Now, we continue the work of building the strongest economy in the world,"Biden tweetedSaturday.

Biden touted the deal he made with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as a win for American families and proof of his ability to compromise to keep the nation on track -- themes he's using in his 2024 reelection campaign.

"Essential to all the progress we've made in the last few years is keeping the full, faith, and credit of the United States and passing a budget that continues to grow our economy and reflects our values as a nation," he said. "That's why I'm speaking to you tonight. To report on a crisis averted and what we are doing to protect America's future. Passing this budget agreement was critical. The stakes could not have been higher."

In noting how the deal came together, he said no one got everything they wanted but still acted to stave off the worst-case scenario: a default that would have likely triggered a recession and caused millions of jobs to be lost.

"I know bipartisanship is hard, and unity is hard," he said. "But we can never stop trying. Because in the moments like this one, the ones we just faced, where the American economy the world economy is at risk of collapsing, there's no other way, no matter how tough our politics gets, we must see each other not as adversaries but as fellow Americans."

Reiterating one of his key lines from his inaugural address, he urged Americans to "stop shouting, lower the temperature and work together to pursue progress."

The Fiscal Responsibility Act is the result of months of back-and-forth between Biden and McCarthy. It lifts the debt ceiling through Jan. 1, 2025, in exchange for some cuts to federal spending.

Biden's signing of the bill Saturday puts an end to weeks of anxiety that the nation would nose-dive into economic turmoil by not being able to pay all its bills, including Social Security or Medicaid benefits, on time and in full for the first time in history.

In his Oval Office address, Biden notably commended McCarthy and the GOP and White House negotiating teams for being "completely honest and respectful with one another," as well as praising the work of other top congressional leaders.

"They acted responsibly to put the good of the country ahead of politics," Biden said, adding that "both sides kept their word."

Earlier, when asked by ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze why Biden chose the Oval Office for the speech, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said he wanted to meet the "gravity" of the moment.

As Biden worked behind-the-scenes to hammer out the deal, he at times frustrated Democrats -- members of the party's progressive wing, especially -- who worried he was giving in too much to Republican demands.

At one point, several in his party urged him to go it alone anduse the 14th Amendmentto unilaterally raise the debt ceiling, an idea Biden ultimately rejected in this situation, but one he said he would study.

"I have been clear that the only path forward is a bipartisan compromise that can earn the support of both parties," he said earlier this week. "This agreement meets that test."

The final product did give both Democrats and Republicans something to celebrate: the White House touted the protection of key priorities and legislative accomplishments while McCarthy sold it to his caucus as much-needed reining in of government spending.

"I wanted to make history," McCarthy said as he took a victory lap after the House passed the bill. "I wanted to do something no other Congress has done, that we would literally turn the ship and for the first time in quite some time, we'd spend less than we spent the year before. Tonight, we all made history."

Moderates from both parties gave the bill its necessary stamp of approval in the House and Senate, but in the end more congressional Democrats voted for the bill than Republicans.

"Democrats are feeling very good tonight," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., triumphantly said after Thursday's vote. "We've saved the country from the scourge of default."

Schumer contended Democrats "beat back the worst of the Republican agenda" including deeper spending cuts that would've dismantled parts of the Inflation Reduction Act, taken people off federal aid and blocked Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

Biden on Friday also celebrated that the bill leaves Social Security, Medicaid, veterans benefits and other priorities untouched before turning to a list of other priorities he wants to get done next, including more deficit reduction and raising revenues by making wealthy Americans "pay their fair share."

"I'm gonna be coming back and with your help, I'm going to win," he said.