这个两步走的过程与2008年的情况有点相似，当时国会面对的是另一种危险状况：布什政府要求动用700亿美元来防止金融市场崩溃和经济衰退。
This two-step process would be similar to what happened in 2008, when Congress was confronted with another cliffhanger: the Bush administration’s request for $700 billion to prevent a financial-market collapse and an economic depression.