丽莎·马斯卡罗（LISA MASCARO）华盛顿报道——如果民主党在下个月的选举中夺取众议院多数席位，他们正准备制定一项雄心勃勃的百日议程，重点在于兑现竞选承诺——让生活变得更负担得起，并对特朗普政府进行广泛的监督。
LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON — House Democrats are preparing an ambitious 100-days agenda focused on delivering their campaign promises — making life more affordable and conducting vast oversight of the Trump administration — if the party seizes majority control in next month’s elections .
如果民主党赢得权力，有望成为众议院议长的民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（Hakeem Jeffries）表示，民主党人将“从一开始”就团结一致，恢复《平价医疗法案》的税收减免，撤销共和党对医疗补助计划（Medicaid）的削减，投票反对伊朗战争，并废除唐纳德·特朗普总统的关税制度。
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries , who is in line to become House speaker if the party wins power, said the Democrats will be united “right out of the gate” on reinstating Affordable Care Act tax breaks , reversing Republican Medicaid cuts, holding votes against the Iran war and undoing President Donald Trump’s tariff regime .
他们预计在明年一月新一届国会就职后的最初100小时内启动该议程。
They expect to launch the agenda in the first 100 hours, once the new Congress is seated in January.
“为负担得起的美国而战——这就是团结全国各地民主党人的目标，”杰弗里斯最近在华盛顿的党竞选总部说道。
“Fighting for an affordable America — that’s what unites Democrats all across the country,” Jeffries said recently at the party campaign headquarters in Washington.
“这是我们对美国人民的承诺，因为生活成本太高了，太多努力工作、遵守规则的人无法过上好日子，甚至难以生存——而且正在特朗普的经济中挣扎。”这是一项高度聚焦的议程，旨在利用选民的情绪，而这种情绪正推动着大部分中期选举，因为美国人正在应对伊朗战争及其他政策带来的负担能力问题和通胀成本。
“That’s our commitment to the American people, because the cost of living is way too high and far too many people who are working hard, playing by the rules, can’t thrive and can barely survive — and are drowning — in the Trump economy.”It’s a hyper-focused agenda tapping into the voter sentiment that is driving much of the midterm election as Americans wrestle with affordability concerns and inflationary costs from the Iran war and other policies.
这项工作也将考验庞大的众议院民主党人协同工作的能力，以避免在迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson）议长领导下困扰共和党的混乱分歧和干扰。
The undertaking will also test the ability of the sprawling House Democrats to work together and avoid the chaotic divisions and disruptions that have hobbled Republicans under Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership.
民主党自2023年以来一直失去众议院的控制权。如果杰弗里斯掌舵，他将成为继南希·佩洛西（Nancy Pelosi）之后的首位民主党籍议长，领导新一代议员，其中包括少数与“美国民主社会主义者”（Democratic Socialists of America）结盟的极左翼候选人。
Democrats have been out of power in the House since 2023. If Jeffries takes the helm, he would be the first Democratic speaker since Nancy Pelosi , leading a new generation of lawmakers that includes a handful of far-left candidates who are aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America .
“解决这个问题的办法就是把事情做好，”伊利诺伊州众议员尼基·布津斯基（Nikki Budzinski）说，她有望成为众议院民主党内最大的党团——新民主党联盟（New Democrat Coalition）的主席。她说，该党决心向美国人民证明“民主党人知道如何治理国家”。得克萨斯州民主党众议员格雷格·卡萨尔（Greg Casar）是国会进步党团（Congressional Progressive Caucus）的主席，他说经常有人问他，民主党是否会面对他们自己版本的“自由党团”（Freedom Caucus），他指的是那些经常导致众议院议程陷入停滞的极右翼共和党人。
“The antidote to that is getting things done,” said Illinois Rep. Nikki Budzinski, who is poised to become chair of the New Democrat Coalition, the largest caucus within the House Democrats. She said the party is determined to show the American people that “Democrats know how to govern.”Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, the chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said he is often asked if Democrats will be confronting their own version of the Freedom Caucus, referring to the far-right Republicans who often grind the House agenda to a halt.
“事情不是那样运作的，”卡萨尔在接受美联社采访时说。“自由党团只会破坏事情。但如果你是进步派，你想要的是通过法案。”杰弗里斯领袖、卡萨尔和其他民主党人一直与进步派候选人保持联系，其中许多人得到了“美国民主社会主义者”的支持，因为该党正专注于共同的优先事项。
“It doesn’t work that way,” Casar told The Associated Press in an interview. “The Freedom Caucus breaks things. But if you’re a progressive, you want to pass things.”Leader Jeffries, Casar and other Democrats have been in touch with the progressive candidates, many of whom are backed by the DSA as the party focuses on shared priorities.
“那种认为因为我们会有新成员，所以我们就会分崩离析的说法——并非如此，”路易斯安那州众议员特洛伊·卡特（Troy Carter）说，他希望成为国会黑人党团（Congressional Black Caucus）的主席。“所有指望这一点的人，把爆米花留着改天再吃吧。”共和党人正面临日益严峻的选举年环境以保住多数席位，他们将民主党人描绘成受极左社会主义议程支配的人。
“This notion that because we’ll have new members somehow we’re going to be disjointed — not so,” said Louisiana Rep. Troy Carter, who hopes to become chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. “All those banking on that, save the popcorn for another day.”The Republicans, who are confronting an increasingly difficult election-year climate to hold onto their majority, portray Democrats as beholden to a far-left socialist agenda.
约翰逊表示，如果共和党保住权力，他们将继续推进与特朗普共同取得的成就，即专注于减税和削减联邦支出的议程。
If Republicans retain power, Johnson has said they would press on with what they have already accomplished alongside Trump, which has been an agenda focused on cutting taxes and federal spending.
“我们在未来两年要做的事情，正是我们已经在做的事情，”约翰逊在CNBC的《财经论谈》（Squawk Box）节目中说，“那就是为再次实现强大的美国创造条件。”几个月前，杰弗里斯启动了五个工作组，以解决专注于医疗保健、住房、食品和商品、汽油和公用事业以及护理服务的负担能力议程。
“What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already,” Johnson said on CNBC’s Squawk Box, “and that is putting the conditions in place for a strong America again.”Months ago, Jeffries launched five working groups to tackle the affordability agenda focused on healthcare, housing, groceries and goods, gas and utilities, and care-giving.
每个小组都由一名进步派和一名中间派民主党人共同领导——例如，医疗保健工作组由纽约州的亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）众议员和阿拉巴马州的特里·塞维尔（Terri Sewell）众议员负责——目标是在所有众议院民主党人都能支持的政策草案上达成共识。
Each group is headed by a progressive and a centrist Democrat — the healthcare working group, for example, is run by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama — with the goal of striking common ground on draft policies that all House Democrats can support.
与此同时，杰弗里斯已指派众议院监督委员会和司法委员会的民主党首席议员准备调查工作。作为广泛的反腐败议程的一部分，他们将重点关注特朗普、他的家人及其政府。杰弗里斯表示，弹劾既没有被排除，也没有被提上日程。
At the same time, Jeffries has tasked the ranking Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees with preparing investigations. They are focused on Trump, his family and his administration, as part of a sweeping anti-corruption agenda. Impeachment , Jeffries has said, is neither on nor off the table.
“我们需要降低食品和汽油的价格。第二，我们需要让每一位美国人都负担得起医疗保健。第三，我们要让那些对美国人民施加了前所未有腐败的骗子承担责任，”杰弗里斯说。“从第一天开始。”民主党人计划迅速投票恢复《平价医疗法案》的医疗税收抵免，该抵免已于2025年到期，导致数百万美国人面临更高的医疗保险费用。
“We need to lower the cost of groceries and gas. Two, we need to make healthcare affordable for every single American. Three, we’re going to hold the crooks accountable who’ve visited unprecedented corruption on the American people,” Jeffries said. “Beginning on day one.”Democrats plan to vote quickly to reinstate the health care tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, which expired in 2025, leaving millions of Americans confronting higher health insurance costs.
相关提案也已准备就绪，旨在撤销共和党作为其减税和削减计划（包括对受助者提出新的工作要求）的“一个宏大而美丽的法案”（One Big Beautiful Bill）一部分所实施的医疗补助削减。
Proposals are also ready to reverse the Medicaid cuts that Republicans put in place as part of their “One Big Beautiful Bill” of tax breaks and program cuts, including new work requirements for recipients.
随着国会努力从白宫手中收回权力，还有一些措施旨在撤销特朗普的关税。
There are measures to reverse Trump’s tariffs as Congress works to claw back power from the White House.
而多次强行投票要求结束伊朗冲突的民主党人，计划通过推动更多的战争权力决议，向特朗普政府施压，要求其结束军事行动。
And Democrats, who have forced multiple votes on ending the Iran conflict, plan to pressure the Trump administration to end the military action by pushing forward more war powers resolutions.
如果众议院民主党人夺回权力，他们的大部分议程将取决于多数席位的规模。细节还取决于参议院，以及参议院是否会倒向民主党。
Much of the House Democrats’ agenda, if they regain power, would depend on the size of the majority. Details also depend on the Senate, and whether it flips to Democrats.
“我们不能简单地回到现状，”支持极左进步派的外部组织“正义民主党人”（Justice Democrats）发言人乌萨马·安德拉比（Usamah Andrabi）说。而特朗普在白宫拥有最终决定权，只需动动笔就能行使否决权。
“We cannot simply go back to the status quo,” said Usamah Andrabi, a spokesman for Justice Democrats, an outside group that supports the far-left progressives. And Trump, at the White House, has ultimate say, with veto power at the stroke of a pen.
“我们将做很多事情，我们会非常忙碌，”卡特说。“我们不可能在一夜之间解决所有问题。”
“We’re going to do a lot and we’re going to be very busy,” Carter said. “We will not be able to fix everything overnight.”