据Axios报道，民主党众议院领导层指出，特朗普的支持团体（super PACs）在幕后花费了大量资金，试图迫使众议院民主党议员缴纳应缴纳给民主党国会竞选委员会（DCCC）的会费。
House Democratic leadership is pointing to the colossal spending by President Trump's super PACs in their behind-the-scenes efforts to get members to pay their dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Axios has learned.
这一事件的重要性：近年来，DCCC的会费问题引发了众议院民主党内部的激烈争执，已有多项提案提出要求议员们缴纳更多费用。
Why it matters: DCCC dues have fueled heated infighting among House Democrats in recent months, with several proposals emerging to force members to cough up more money.
- 正如《华盛顿太阳报》首次报道的那样，一些民主党议员希望要求同事在谋求委员会领导职位之前必须先缴纳会费。
• Some House Democrats want to require colleagues to pay their dues before seeking committee leadership roles, as The Washington Sun first reported.
- 但另一位资深民主党议员表示，尤其是进步派和黑人党团中的议员对这些提议感到“愤怒”，他们认为这种做法带有威胁性。
• But other lawmakers, particularly in the Progressive and Black Caucuses, are "furious" about these suggestions, said a senior House Democrat, who told Axios that "members ... don't like threats." Driving the news:
推动这一新闻事件的因素： DCCC主席苏珊·德尔贝内（Suzan DelBene，民主党，华盛顿州）在给众议院民主党议员发送的电子邮件中写道：“虽然我们向美国人民阐述的立场非常有力，但我们的前线工作者和候选人每天都在遭受来自右翼势力的攻击；‘MAGA集团’正在投入大量资金来对付我们。我们需要这些资源来反击，并在这些最后几周里支持我们的同事和候选人。”她补充道：“我恳请大家今天就缴纳会费，以免在选举日时有任何遗憾。”
"While our case to the American people is strong, our Frontliners and candidates face ugly daily attacks from the right as MAGA Inc. unloads its coffers," DCCC chair Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) wrote in an email to House Democrats obtained by Axios • "We need the resources to fight back and support our battleground colleagues and candidates in these final weeks," she added. • DelBene ended the email with a plea for dues payments: "I urge everyone to make a dues contribution today. Let's make sure we don't have any regrets on Election Day." Between the lines:
背后的隐情：尽管德尔贝内经常通过电子邮件和党团会议敦促议员们缴纳会费，但这次她的言辞比以往更为紧迫。
While several House Democrats noted to Axios that DelBene routinely urges members to pay their dues — in emails and at caucus meetings — some clocked a more urgent tone than usual.
一位议员评价称，这封于周三发出的电子邮件在“敦促议员缴纳会费”方面的措辞比以往更加强硬。
• One lawmaker described the email, which was sent out on Wednesday, as "slightly more aggressive about shaming people" about not paying their dues than past entreaties.
数据说明：尽管这两家与“MAGA集团”有关联的支持团体是在9月份才成立的，但它们已成为全国范围内国会选举中支出最多的机构之一。
By the numbers: pair of super PACs linked to MAGA Inc. have emerged as two of the top spenders on congressional races nationwide despite launching in September.
根据广告追踪公司 AdImpact 的数据，“No Going Back PAC”和“Safety and Affordability PAC”分别在众议院选举中投入了 5000 万美元和 3800 万美元用于广告宣传。这使它们成为全国范围内广告支出排名第四和第五大的政治团体，仅次于民主党的“House Majority PAC”、共和党的“Congressional Leadership Fund”以及“American Action Network”。
• No Going Back PAC and Safety and Affordability PAC have respectively spent $50 million and $38 million on ads in House races, according to ad tracking firm AdImpact. • That makes them the fourth and fifth largest outside ad spenders in the country, after Democrats' House Majority PAC and Republicans' Congressional Leadership Fund and American Action Network.
背后的隐情： DelBene 发送的电子邮件中包含了民主党众议院成员八月会费缴纳情况的最终报告；该报告的草稿此前曾由《The Sun》报纸首次披露。
The intrigue: DelBene's email included the final version of House Democrats' August dues report, a draft copy of which was first reported by The Sun.
报告显示，与四月相比，缴纳会费的成员数量有了显著增加：从最初的 28 名成员（这些成员已全额缴纳会费）增加到了 66 名。
• The report shows significant progress from April, with leadership going from 28 members who have paid 100% or more of their dues to 66.
不过，八月的报告仍列出有 100 名民主党众议院成员仅缴纳了 25% 或更少的会费，其中 38 人完全没有缴纳任何会费。需要注意的是，这些成员中大约有一半属于那些被免除会费缴纳义务的“摇摆选区”代表。
• Still, the August report lists 100 House Democrats as having paid 25% or less of their dues, including 38 who have paid none at all — though about half are swing-district members exempt from dues payments.