CBO also projected that avoiding the fiscal cliff would take the federal debt from last year's 73% of gross domestic product to 86% in 2020.

美国国会预算办公室还预计，要避免出现“财政悬崖，联邦债务与GDP之比到2020年要上升至86%，去年的比例为73%。

The White House is looking for a formula that would stabilize the government's debt as a share of the economy to around 75%, according to one person familiar with the matter. Before the 2007-09 recession, the debt-to-GDP ratio was below 65%.

据一位知情人士说，白宫正在寻找办法把联邦债务与GDP之比稳定在75%左右的水平。在2007年至2010年的经济衰退之前，美国联邦债务与GDP之比低于65%。

Offering a framework rather than a detailed proposal could be attractive to the White House because of concerns that Republicans might reject a plan with too many details.

白宫可能更愿意提供一个框架，而不是一个详细的提案，因为白宫担心共和党人可能会否决含有过多细节的方案。

The White House also was trying to decide whether any offer should include deficit-cutting proposals that Democrats might find unappealing, such as changes to Medicare and Social Security.

白宫还在考虑是否应该提出削减赤字的提议，比如对医疗保险和社会保障政策做出调整等，民主党人可能不会喜欢这样的提议。

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