犹他州参议员约翰·柯蒂斯表示，选民“不希望担心他们的纳税钱是如何被花费的”。
Voters “don’t want to be worried about how their taxpayer dollars are being spent,” Utah Sen. John Curtis said.
本周，参议院共和党人本希望采取措施，在重返竞选征途之前，将自己与日益恶化的政治环境隔离开来。然而，他们不得不应对来自唐纳德·特朗普总统的最后几个意外挑战。
Senate Republicans want to spend this week insulating themselves from a deteriorating political environment before getting back on the campaign trail. Instead, they’re fending off some final curveballs from President Donald Trump.
白宫决定使用纳税人资金投放类似空中竞选的广告，同时撤销约十亿美元的国会批准支出，这成为共和党参议员们在中期选举前最新的挫败感来源——他们周一的大部分时间都在应对关于总统最新行动的偏离主题的问题。
White House decisions to use air campaign-style ads with taxpayer funds while separately rescinding about a billion dollars in congressionally approved spending are the latest pre-midterm frustrations for GOP senators — who spent much of Monday fielding off-message questions about the president’s latest actions.
随着共和党人越来越担心伊朗战争的经济后果可能毁掉他们在11月的多数席位，这些干扰接踵而至。他们决定在华盛顿多停留几天，进行与可负担性相关的投票，希望他们中处境脆弱的成员能将这些成果带回选区。
The distractions come as Republicans grow increasingly anxious that the economic fallout from the Iran war could doom their majority in November. They decided to spend a few extra days in Washington to take affordability-related votes they hope their vulnerable members can use back home.
然而，他们却因联邦资助的宣传特朗普的广告是否得当而受到质询，这些广告在周末的橄榄球比赛和其他节目中播出。
Instead, they’re being quizzed on the propriety of federally funded ads promoting Trump, which ran during weekend football games and other programming.