多名熟悉相关会谈的人士告诉《semafor》网站，众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯和民主党领导层对众议员肖恩·卡斯特竞选取代众议员玛克辛·沃特斯成为金融服务委员会首席议员一事采取了不干涉的态度。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leadership are taking a hands-off approach to Rep. Sean Casten’s bid to replace Rep. Maxine Waters as Financial Services Committee ranking member, multiple people familiar with the talks told Semafor.
这种中立立场使得卡斯特——以及其他试图挑战委员会最高层领导人的民主党人——在议员们离开华盛顿期间得以悄然推进他们的努力。
That neutral stance has allowed Casten — and other Democrats seeking to challenge top-ranking committee leaders — to quietly advance their efforts even with lawmakers away from Washington.
民主党领导人专注于中期选举，他们目前的立场与两年前采取的策略相同，当时另一群民主党人对党团约束总统唐纳德·特朗普的能力感到担忧，从而向首席议员发起了挑战。
Democratic leaders are focused on the midterms, and their current stance is the same tack they took two years ago, when another group of Democrats challenged ranking members amid anxiety about their caucus’ ability to rein in President Donald Trump.
现年54岁的卡斯特最近开始争取支持，以在下一届国会中取代88岁的沃特斯成为该小组的民主党领袖。如果民主党获得多数席位，沃特斯将有望担任该委员会主席——并负责监督该届政府对加密货币、美联储等事务的处理。
Casten, 54, recently began soliciting support to unseat Waters, 88, as his panel’s top Democrat next Congress. Waters is poised to chair the committee — and helm oversight of the administration’s handling of cryptocurrency, the Federal Reserve, and more — if Democrats take the majority.
卡斯特在本周早些时候将自己的意向告知了沃特斯。但他的挑战已经在党团内部造成了分裂，迫使议员们在践行代际变革还是排挤党内最受尊敬的黑人进步女性之一之间做出选择。
Casten informed Waters of his interest earlier this week. But his challenge was already dividing the caucus, forcing members to choose between walking the walk on generational change or giving the boot to one of their party’s most widely respected Black progressive women.
一名熟悉会谈的人士透露，来自伊利诺伊州的民主党众议员比尔·福斯特正在考虑自己参选。《政客》杂志率先报道了福斯特的意向。
Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., is mulling a bid of his own, according to a person familiar with the talks. Politico first reported Foster’s interest.
金融服务小组并不是唯一面临潜在改组的小组。两名民主党人——来自康涅狄格州的众议员贾哈娜·海耶斯和来自俄勒冈州的众议员苏珊·博纳米奇——正在竞选对抗教育和劳工委员会的现任领袖、来自弗吉尼亚州的众议员鲍比·斯科特。
The Financial Services panel isn’t the only one facing a potential shakeup. Two Democrats, Reps. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut and Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon, are running against the incumbent leader of the Education and Workforce Committee, Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia.
民主党领导层在这件事上可能仍然有一定发言权。委员会挑战将首先由党团权势强大的指导与政策委员会进行投票表决，该委员会通常与党领导层保持一致，然后全体党团才会介入。
Democratic leaders still could have some say in the matter. The committee challenges will be first voted on by the caucus’ powerful Steering and Policy Committee, which is generally aligned with party leadership, before the full caucus will have any input.