参议院商业委员会的共和党和民主党领袖正在应对一个极具争议的问题，该问题伴随着深刻的党派分歧和不信任。
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee are contending with deep partisan schisms and distrust on a divisive issue. Sens.
参议员泰德·克鲁兹和玛丽亚·坎特韦尔通常立场相左，但在过去一周，两人均表示乐观，认为他们在大学体育领域取得的重大两党突破，可能为他们解决其他重大议题（如人工智能）奠定基础。然而，证据表明这种信心应当有所保留。
Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell typically find themselves at odds, but in the past week each expressed optimism that their major bipartisan breakthrough on college sports could set them up to tackle other big things — like artificial intelligence. Evidence suggests that confidence ought to be tempered.
克鲁兹和坎特韦尔在参议院商业委员会共同任职近四年，他们偶尔能达成共识，例如消除音乐会和体育赛事的隐藏票务费用，以及在致命空难后制定安全措施。
Cruz, a Texas Republican, and Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, have served together atop the Senate Commerce Committee for nearly four years — with Cantwell first serving as chair before turning the gavel over to Cruz in 2025. They have occasionally found common ground, such as trying to eliminate hidden ticket fees for concerts and sporting events, and enacting safety measures after the deadly plane crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
他们上周在参议院以压倒性优势通过的彻底改革数十亿美元大学体育产业的法案，是他们迄今为止最高调的成就，这经历了数月的艰苦谈判、痛苦的妥协以及与同事和关键选民之间令人不安的分歧。
Their bill to overhaul the multibillion-dollar college sports industry, which overwhelmingly passed the Senate last week, has been their highest-profile achievement to date, requiring months of brass-tacks negotiations, painful compromises and uncomfortable divisions with colleagues and key constituencies.