参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦明年或许将迎来她迄今为止最清晰的机会，以对抗美国企业界——而这要归功于共和党人此前难以想象的支持。如果该党夺回参议院多数席位，这位马萨诸塞州的民主党人有望担任参议院银行委员会主席。尽管这位进步派人士长期以来一直是美国企业界的“噩梦”，但游说者们担心，由于大量民粹主义共和党人渴望对华尔街和科技巨头采取强硬措施，她将获得强大的支持。
Sen. Elizabeth Warren may get her clearest shot yet to take on corporate America next year — thanks to the once unthinkable help of Republicans. The Massachusetts Democrat is poised to chair Senate Banking if the party takes back the chamber. And while the progressive has long been a boogeyman to corporate America, lobbyists worry she’ll have powerful backup thanks to the surge of populist Republicans eager to take big swings at Wall Street and Big Tech.
一位长期在金融行业从事游说工作的人士在获准匿名发言后表示，沃伦“不仅希望成为一位进步派的批评者，更希望真正跨越党派分歧，推动政策理念”。此人称，确实“绝对”有理由感到担忧。作为该委员会主席，沃伦还将处于有利位置，能够影响2028年总统选举双方的辩论议题。进步派组织“更好市场”（Better Markets）即将离任的负责人丹尼斯·凯勒赫表示：“几乎可以肯定，参议院银行委员会的议程将与2028年选举周期中候选人需要应对的核心议题高度重叠。”
One longtime financial industry lobbyist, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said Warren “has a streak that is not just wanting to be a progressive gadfly, but to actually reach across the aisle to push for policy ideas.”There is “absolutely” reason for concern, the person said. Atop the panel, Warren would also have a strong position to shape the 2028 presidential debates on both sides. “There’s very little doubt that the agenda of the Senate Banking Committee is going to overlap substantially with the core issues that the candidates in the 2028 election cycle are going to be grappling with,” said Dennis Kelleher, the outgoing leader of the progressive group Better Markets.
据接近沃伦的人士透露，作为银行委员会主席，她预计将试图争取共和党人的支持，以加强对人工智能的监管——特别是限制芯片巨头英伟达向中国的出口（这一举措已得到部分共和党人的支持），并延续今年通过的两党住房法案，该法案旨在限制私募股权在该市场中的角色。总统唐纳德·特朗普本人提出的一些民粹主义主张，例如信用卡利率上限以及对国防承包商股票回购的限制，也将为沃伦提供有利条件。
As Banking chair, Warren is expected to try to recruit Republicans in a crackdown on artificial intelligence — specifically restrictions on chip giant Nvidia’s exports to China, which already has some GOP support — and a follow-up of this year’s bipartisan housing law that sought to rein in private equity’s role in the market, according to people close to the senator. Some of President Donald Trump’s own populist ideas, like credit card interest rate caps and limits on stock buybacks for defense contractors, would provide fertile ground for Warren.
但特朗普也很可能成为沃伦最大的障碍，因为他一直不愿接受与她存在政策重叠。此外，他也一直反对任何对人工智能的限制。
But Trump would also likely be Warren’s biggest obstacle, as he’s been resistant to embrace policy overlaps with her. He’s also been resistant to any AI restrictions.
沃伦的做法还可能暴露共和党内部的分歧——一边是在特朗普领导下日益得势的民粹主义者，另一边是更主流的保守派。当被问及沃伦担任主席的可能性时，南达科他州共和党参议员迈克·朗兹（Mike Rounds）态度较为温和，他表示不“认为除了大量调查和大量指控之外，还能做成任何事。”我们还在关注的其他消息：——议员们迫切要求政府问责局起诉特朗普——议员们急切希望政府监督机构介入，帮助他们在联邦资金控制权问题上与特朗普政府对抗。
Warren’s approach also threatens to expose rifts between GOP populists who have been ascendent under Trump and more mainstream conservatives. Asked about the possibility of a Chair Warren, Sen. Mike Rounds, a more moderate South Dakota Republican, said he doesn’t “think anything would get done except lots of investigations and lots of accusations.”What else we’re watching: — LAWMAKERS CLAMOR FOR GAO v. TRUMP — Lawmakers are desperate for a government watchdog to step up and help them in their fight against the Trump administration over control of federal cash.
独立的政府问责局（GAO）本周早些时候得出结论，白宫非法扣留了超过10亿美元的教育和医疗保健研究项目资金——这是自特朗普第二任期开始以来，GAO发布的六项以上类似调查结果中的最新一项。但该机构尚未动用其独特的权力，将总统告上法庭以挑战这些“扣款”行为。那些对政府践踏其拨款特权感到厌倦的议员们希望GAO采取行动。
The independent Government Accountability Office concluded earlier this week that the White House illegally withheld more than $1 billion for education and health care research programs — the latest in more than a half-dozen such findings GAO has published since the start of Trump’s second term. But the agency has yet to use its unique power to take the president to court to challenge those “impoundments,” and lawmakers who are tired of the administration running roughshod over their funding prerogatives want GAO to act. — MURPHY’S DEFENSE FUNDING ULTIMATUM — Democrats should not approve Pentagon funding or the annual defense policy bill if they control Congress next year unless those bills would hasten the end of the Iran war, Sen. Chris Murphy told reporters Thursday.
——墨菲的国防经费最后通牒——参议员克里斯·墨菲（Chris Murphy）周四对记者表示，如果民主党明年控制国会，就不应批准五角大楼经费或年度国防政策法案，除非这些法案能加速结束伊朗战争。“我们应该把结束战争作为优先事项，”这位刚结束沙特阿拉伯和卡塔尔之行的外交关系委员会民主党人参议员说。墨菲还指责国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）及其官员试图“掩盖”战争的损害，并隐瞒其真实代价，此前他被拒绝进入卡塔尔的一个基地。
“We should make the end of the war a priority,” said the Foreign Relations Democrat who was returning from a trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Murphy also accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and officials of attempting a “cover-up” of the war’s damage and obscuring its true cost after he was denied entry on a base in Qatar.
墨菲还告诉记者，鉴于该地区基地受到的损害，美国应该“重新考虑其在中东的军事存在”。贾斯珀·古德曼、詹妮弗·肖尔特斯和康纳·奥布莱恩对本文亦有贡献。
Given the damage to bases in the region, Murphy also told reporters that the U.S. should “reconsider its footprint” in the Middle East.