争夺众议院金融服务委员会首席民主党人的竞争可能演变成一场混战。现年88岁、在该委员会工作数十年的众议员马克西妮·沃特斯面临着众议员肖恩·卡斯滕（54岁）的挑战，以及来自更温和的委员会成员、众议员比尔·福斯特（71岁）的潜在竞选。此外，沃特斯的长期盟友、委员会资深成员众议员乔伊斯·比蒂也受到一些民主党议员和游说者的鼓励参选，尽管她仅在“现任主席无法获得足够票数”的情况下才会参选，一位获准匿名讨论这一敏感局势的众议院民主党工作人员如是说。
The race to be the top House Financial Services Democrat could shape up to be a free-for-all. Rep. Maxine Waters, 88, who has spent decades on the committee, faces a challenge from Rep. Sean Casten, 54, and a potential bid from Rep. Bill Foster, 71, a more moderate panel member. And Rep. Joyce Beatty, a longtime ally of Waters and senior member on the panel, has been encouraged by some Democratic lawmakers and lobbyists to run, although she would only jump in the race “contingent on the current chairwoman not being able to have enough votes,” said a House Democratic staffer close to the committee granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive dynamics.
比蒂的发言人在一份声明中表示，她将投票支持沃特斯担任主席。沃特斯是一位抵抗标志性人物和成就斐然的立法者，与此同时，她已经在巩固支持。“除非有一位能够带来马克西妮·沃特斯无与伦比的经验和诱人韧性的个人出现，否则我期待支持她，”同时也是金融服务委员会和国会黑人党团成员的众议员伊曼纽尔·克利弗在一份声明中表示。
A spokesperson for Beatty said in a statement she’d be voting for Waters as chair. Waters, a resistance icon and accomplished legislator, meanwhile, is already shoring up support. “Unless there is an individual who brings the unrivaled experience and tantalizing toughness of Maxine Waters, I look forward to supporting her,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a member of both Financial Services and the Congressional Black Caucus, said in a statement.
拥有50多名成员的国会黑人党团很可能会加强沃特斯的竞选，而沃特斯也可能利用她在洛杉矶地区的席位，争取加利福尼亚州国会代表团中43名民主党人的支持。比蒂也是国会黑人党团的成员。据两位了解其 outreach 情况的人透露，沃特斯及其团队本周也一直在致电招募成员为她拉票，包括温和派众议员乔什·戈特海默和进步派众议员艾亚娜·普雷斯利。
The 50-plus member CBC is likely to bolster Waters’ bid, and Waters could also leverage her Los Angeles-area seat for support from the 43 Democrats in California’s congressional delegation. Beatty is also a CBC member. Waters and her team have also been making calls this week to recruit members to whip for her, including moderate Rep. Josh Gottheimer and progressive Rep. Ayanna Pressley, according to two people with knowledge of her outreach.
沃特斯是一位直言不讳的进步派人士，也能够宣传她与共和党达成交易的记录。通过拉拢意识形态光谱两端的成员，她正在把自己塑造成一个团结者。在政策上，卡斯滕总体上与沃特斯立场一致。但他的支持者坚持认为，鉴于党团内部对代际更迭的广泛需求，他拥有独特的优势。
Waters is an outspoken progressive who can also tout a track record of dealmaking with Republicans. By tapping two members on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum, she is casting herself as a unifier. On policy, Casten generally aligns with Waters. But his backers insist he has a unique lane given a caucus-wide appetite for generational change.
一名获准匿名以畅所欲言的众议院民主党高级官员表示，他们相信卡斯特将把这场竞选变成一场激烈的较量，并形容党团内部存在一种“普遍看法”，即八旬老人恋栈领导职务“纯粹是自私，不符合我们党团的最佳利益。我们需要让最强的阵容上场”。在2024年，一批年轻的众议院民主党人通过把自己塑造为委员会中清新、有活力的面孔，成功向老龄化的现任议员发起挑战。
One senior House Democrat, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said they believe Casten will make the race a fight, and described a “widespread perception” in the caucus that octogenarians hanging on to leadership roles is “just selfish, and is not in the best interests of our caucus. We need to have the best team on the field.”In 2024, a slate of younger House Democrats successfully challenged aging incumbents by pitching themselves as the fresh, energetic faces of their committees.
当时，少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯没有介入这场争端，这次他可能也会作壁上观。杰弗里斯的一位发言人没有回应置评请求。我们还在关注的其他内容：——众议院民主党人寄望克拉克带来“秩序”：在共和党掌控的众议院经历四年例行的议事厅崩溃和议长叛乱之后，民主党排名第二的领导人希望对议事厅进行重组。但如果民主党多数席位成真，其中将包括像众议员凯瑟琳·克拉克本人这样的进步派，以及“多数派缔造者”温和派和一批新当选的左翼议员。
At that time, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stayed out of the fray, and he might again. A Jeffries spokesperson did not return a request for comment. What else we’re watching: — HOUSE DEMS LOOK FOR CLARK TO BRING 'ORDER': Democrats’ No. 2 leader wants a chamber reset after four years of routine floor meltdowns and speaker revolts in a GOP-controlled House. But if Democratic majority materializes, it will include progressives like Rep. Katherine Clark herself, as well as “majority-maker” moderates and a crop of new leftist lawmakers.
“要管理几百名国会议员可不是小孩子的工作，”如果能赢得连任将成为众议院资历最深的民主党人的温和派众议员玛西·卡普图尔在谈到克拉克时说，并补充说她具备充分的能力来“在众议院维持秩序，按时完成我们的工作”。克拉克和杰弗里斯决心化解内讧，并让众议院专注于可负担性和问责制议程，以便为2028年赢得总统大选铺平道路。
“To handle a couple hundred members of Congress is no kid job,” moderate Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who would be the longest-serving House Democrat if she can win reelection, said of Clark, adding she’s well-equipped to “keep order in the House, get our business done on time.”Clark and Jeffries, are intent on neutralizing infighting and keeping the House focused on an affordability and accountability agenda to pave the way for a presidential win in 2028. — LEE, CRUZ BACK JAN. 6 CO-CONSPIRATOR: Two prominent Senate Judiciary Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to review the disbarment of John Eastman for helping orchestrate the plot to overturn the 2020 election for President Donald Trump.
——李和克鲁兹支持1月6日事件共谋：两名显赫的参议院司法委员会共和党人正要求最高法院审理约翰·伊istman被取消律师资格一事，他曾协助策划旨在为总统唐纳德·特朗普推翻2020年大选结果的阴谋。有望在下一届国会担任该委员会首席共和党成员的参议员迈克·李，以及参议员特德·克鲁兹（Ted Cruz）周三在向美国最高法院提交的一份简报中写道，吊销伊斯特曼在加利福尼亚州律师执业资格的决定，是政治激进分子将律师协会惩戒程序武器化、用来对付处于“公众争议中不受欢迎一方”的律师的结果。
Sen. Mike Lee, who is poised to be the top Republican on the panel next Congress, and Sen. Ted Cruz, wrote in a brief filed with SCOTUS Wednesday that the decision to revoke Eastman’s license to practice law in California was a result of political activists weaponizing the bar disciplinary process against attorneys on “the disfavored side of public controversies.”
伊斯特曼因其在该计划中扮演的角色而在佐治亚州和亚利桑那州被刑事起诉，并于4月份被取消律师资格。
Eastman was criminally charged in Georgia and Arizona for his role in the scheme, and in April he was disbarred.