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国会山议程:民主党在中期选举冲刺前面临棘手投票Capitol agenda: Dems face tricky votes before midterm sprint

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参议院民主党人在进入最后的竞选冲刺阶段时可能感觉相当乐观,但首先他们必须应对国会山上的一堆政治棘手问题。周二的每周党团午餐会上,民主党人将讨论多项措施的策略,这些措施可能会分裂那些在其他近期高调投票中保持团结的成员。根据一位领导层助手的说法,参议院民主党领袖预计党团将基本一致反对一项针对数据中心成本的法案和另一项限制议员股票交易的法案,但也承认如果对某些成员在政治上讲得通,他们可能会倒戈。

Senate Democrats may be feeling pretty positive going into their final campaign sprint, but first they must deal with a handful of political headaches on the Hill. Democrats at their weekly caucus lunch Tuesday will talk strategy on a number of measures that could split members who have stuck together on other recent high-profile votes. Senate Democratic leaders expect a mostly unified caucus against a bill targeting data center costs and another restricting lawmaker’s stock trading, according to a leadership aide, who acknowledged it’s possible some members break ranks if it makes sense for them politically.

关于约旦河西岸暴力问题的第三项法案的投票倾向则不太明朗。距离中期选举仅剩五周,参议员们将权衡他们的投票是否会在选民的雷达下悄然通过,还是会招致负面头条,或是推高竞选捐款——无论是支持还是反对他们的竞选。例如,本月党内一致投票反对一项加密货币法案,引发了业界公开讨论惩罚民主党人,并随之而来的是针对一位关键候选人的大规模反对支出宣布。

Vote counts on a third bill on violence in the West Bank are less clear. With only five weeks until the midterms, senators will be weighing whether their votes will fly under constituents’ radar, draw bad headlines or drive up donations for — or against — their campaigns. A unified party vote against a cryptocurrency bill this month, for example, spurred open industry discussions of punishing Democrats and preceded a massive spending announcement against a key candidate. — DATA CENTER BILL: Party leaders have been openly critical of the Ratepayer Protection Act, arguing it wouldn’t adequately prevent costs of data center infrastructure from being shifted to the public.

—— 数据中心法案:党领袖公开批评《费率支付人保护法案》,认为该法案无法充分防止数据中心基础设施成本转嫁给公众。由于发起人、参议员乔恩·赫斯特德正处于一场艰难的竞选中,有几位领袖也对给予其立法胜利持怀疑态度。包括珍妮·沙欣、亚历克斯·帕迪拉和布赖恩·沙茨在内的几位民主党参议员周一对其投票计划态度模棱两可。“我们要讨论一下,”沙欣说。“我还没拿到详细内容。”

Several are also skeptical about granting a win to bill sponsor Sen. Jon Husted, who’s in a tough race. A handful of Democrats, including Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Alex Padilla and Brian Schatz were noncommittal Monday on their plans. “We’re going to talk about it,” Shaheen said. “I haven’t gotten the details on it.” — STOCK TRADING BAN: Democrats also must decide as soon as Wednesday on whether to get behind a House-passed bill restricting lawmakers and their families from stock trading.

—— 股票交易禁令:民主党人最快周三也必须决定是否支持一项众议院通过的限制议员及其家属股票交易的法案。仅有13名众议院民主党人支持该法案,许多人拒绝了他们视为“毒丸条款”的选民身份证要求条款。投票支持该法案也将为发起人、参议员……皮特·里克茨也面临一场胶着的竞选。里克茨周一辩称,民主党人应支持选民身份证条款,因为这是“80%的美国人所期望的。”

Only 13 House Democrats backed the bill, with many rejecting what they saw as a “poison pill” provision on voter ID requirements. A vote for the bill would also notch a win for sponsor Sen. Pete Ricketts, who’s also in a close race. Ricketts argued Monday Democrats should support the voter ID provisions that are “desired by 80 percent of Americans.” — WEST BANK VIOLENCE: Sens.

—— 约旦河西岸暴力事件:参议员克里斯·范霍伦、蒂姆·凯恩和伯尼·桑德斯计划推动就一项要求国务院就约旦河西岸暴力事件提交报告的措施进行全院表决,这一问题可能触及民主党在以色列问题上的更广泛分歧。范霍伦周一告诉卡伦,他预计将获得广泛支持,约有一半党团成员共同发起该措施。“我认为我们会成功,”范霍伦说。

Chris Van Hollen, Tim Kaine and Bernie Sanders plan to force a floor vote on a measure requiring a State Department report on violence in the West Bank, an issue that could tap into wider party divides on Israel. Van Hollen told Calen Monday he expects widespread support, with about half the caucus co-sponsoring the measure. “I think we will,” Van Hollen said.

“所有希望美国政府为遭受暴力定居者恐吓的美国公民和巴勒斯坦人挺身而出的人都需要投赞成票。” 我们还在关注的其他事项: —— 白宫AI会议立法者寥寥:周二白宫与AI高管的会议可能缺乏国会山的声音——目前仅确认众议长迈克·约翰逊一位立法者出席。据六位知情人士透露,预计出席的硅谷高管包括Anthropic首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代伊、Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格、OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼、谷歌首席执行官桑达尔·皮查伊、Palantir首席执行官亚历克斯·卡普和英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋。

“Everybody who wants the U.S. government to stick up for American citizens and Palestinians being terrorized by violent settlers needs to vote for this.”What else we’re watching: — WHITE HOUSE AI MEETING LIGHT ON LAWMAKERS: Tuesday's White House meeting with AI executives could be light on Capitol Hill voices — with Speaker Mike Johnson the only lawmaker confirmed to attend so far. Expected Silicon Valley attendees include Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Palantir CEO Alex Karp and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to six people familiar with the meeting plans. — TRUMP CONTROVERSIES PILE ON GOP: It’s 35 days until the midterms, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune is still fending off some final curveballs from President Donald Trump.

—— 特朗普争议给共和党增添麻烦:距离中期选举还有35天,参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩仍在应对唐纳德·特朗普总统的最后几记“变化球”。白宫决定用纳税人资金播放竞选风格广告,同时单方面撤回约10亿美元国会批准的支出,成为共和党参议员最新的选前烦恼——他们周一大部分时间都在应对关于总统最新行动的离题提问。 欧文·达尔坎普、米娅·麦卡锡和乔丹·卡尼为本报道做出了贡献。

White House decisions to 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. Owen Dahlkamp, Mia McCarthy and Jordain Carney contributed to this report.