民主党人打算在明年接管众议院和参议院后，迫使唐纳德·特朗普总统结束其与伊朗的战争，这并非秘密。但民主党人也认为，他们可能不必等那么久。
It’s no secret that Democrats intend to force President Donald Trump to end his war with Iran once they take control of the House and Senate next year. But Democrats also believe they may not have to wait that long.
由于议员们需要在新年前解决政府拨款和一项重大国防政策法案的问题——以及国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯面临弹劾投票的前景——民主党人认为，他们可能在未来几周内拥有一些意想不到的筹杠杆，以结束这场持续八个月的战争。
With lawmakers needing to address government funding and a major defense policy bill before the new year — as well as the prospect of an impeachment vote on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — Democrats believe they may have some unexpected leverage to end the eight-month war in the coming weeks.
参议员鲁本·加列戈（民主党-亚利桑那州）对 MS NOW 表示，民主党应采取“全方位”策略，但他指出，12 月 11 日的政府拨款截止日期可能是他们最有力的筹码。
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., told MS NOW that Democrats should take an all-of-the-above approach, though he said a Dec. 11 government funding deadline is likely their most powerful point of leverage.
加列戈周四说：“我认为我们应处理拨款问题，并利用它来结束战争。我认为这是我们能做的最有力的事。”他补充道，无论采取何种行动，民主党都不能等太久。
“I think we deal with the funding and we use that to end the war,” Gallego said Thursday. “I think that’s the strongest thing we could do.”Whatever they do, Democrats can’t afford to wait very long, Gallego added.
加列戈说：“我亲身在战争中看到的是，一旦死亡人数达到一定程度，我们就无法撤出，因为我们得去为他们复仇，对吧？这就是为什么这场战争拖得越久，失控并演变成真正危险冲突的风险就越大。”其他关键民主党人也同意，切断战争资金是当务之急。
“What I saw personally in war is that, as soon as a certain amount of men die, then we can’t get out because we’ve got to go avenge them, right?”Gallego said. “And that’s why the longer this war goes on, the more dangerous it becomes for it to spin out and actually become a real dangerous conflict.”Other key Democrats agreed that defunding the war was a top priority.
就在中期选举后的第二天，参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州）告诉记者，民主党将找到办法迫使战争结束。舒默说：“这场战争必须结束。必须结束。”
Just a day after the midterm elections, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters that Democrats would find a way to force an end. “This war must end,” Schumer said. “It must end.”
众议院拨款委员会首席民主党人、众议员罗莎·德劳罗（民主党-康涅狄格州）在给 MS NOW 的声明中表示，她的党派“绝对不会为特朗普挑起的与伊朗的战争提供资金。”但这只是民主党策略的几个切入点之一。
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, told MS NOW in a statement that her party “will absolutely not fund Trump’s war of choice with Iran.”But that’s just one of several prongs to the Democratic approach.
推动弹劾佩特·赫格塞特的行动在九月已经有了一定的势头，当时肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西在X上发文称将重新提交弹劾条款。众议院共和党领袖选择让议员们回去竞选，而不是留下来进行投票。但马西上周在X上写道，除非赫格塞特辞职，他将重新提交弹劾条款。
The push to impeach Hegseth already had some momentum in September, when Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced articles of impeachment. House GOP leaders opted to send members home to campaign rather than stick around and hold the vote. But Massie wrote on X last week that he would reintroduce the articles of impeachment unless Hegseth resigns.
众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯在竞选活动中表示，如果民主党执政，将会“迅速把佩特·赫格塞特赶出城”。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said on the campaign trail that Democrats would “run Pete Hegseth out of town” quickly if they took power.
当《MS NOW》周三询问杰弗里斯关于对赫格塞特的监督时，这位民主党领袖以调侃的方式回应：“佩特·赫格塞特还在吗？”纽约州民主党众议员帕特·瑞安说，周二的选举结果把焦点直接投向了赫格塞特。
And when MS NOW asked Jeffries about oversight of Hegseth on Wednesday, the Democratic leader responded with a playful question: “Is Pete Hegseth still around?”Rep. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., said Tuesday’s election results put the spotlight squarely on Hegseth.
瑞安在声明中说：“周二是对特朗普在伊朗的灾难性战争的公投，美国人民发出了响亮而明确的信息：佩特·赫格塞特是历史上最无能、最不道德的国防部长——他必须下台。 我对赫格塞特结束这场战争毫无信心，所以把他赶走是第一要务。”民主党人也没有放弃利用战争权力决议要求特朗普停止对伊朗的敌对行动。参议员们迄今已对伊朗战争权力决议进行过14次投票，其中一次通过的投票被特朗普无视。
“Tuesday was a referendum on Trump’s disastrous war in Iran, and the American people sent a message loud and clear: Pete Hegseth is the most incompetent, immoral SecDef in history — and he’s got to go,” Ryan said in a statement. “I have zero faith in Hegseth to bring this war to an end, so getting him out is priority number one.”Democrats also haven’t given up on using a war powers resolution to demand that Trump cease hostilities with Iran. Senators have forced 14 votes so far on Iran war powers resolutions, including one successful vote that Trump ignored.
随着新一届民主党人于一月上任，平衡很可能转向反对战争的一方。
The balance will likely shift in favor of opponents of the war when new Democrats take office in January. Sens.
俄亥俄州共和党参议员乔恩·胡斯特和堪萨斯州共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔是九月最后一次战争权力投票（以49票对50票失败）的关键反对票，两人均未连任。阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丹·沙利文的选举结果尚未确定，他也对该决议投了关键的反对票。
Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., were key votes against the last war powers vote in September, which failed 49-50. Both members lost their re-election bids. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, whose race hasn’t been called, also cast a critical vote against the resolution.
纽约州民主党众议员格雷戈里·米克斯是众议院外交事务委员会的首席民主党人，他表示将在一月推动对战争权力决议进行紧急投票。
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he’d push for an immediate vote on a war powers resolution in January.
米克斯上周告诉MS NOW：“我将在下届国会第一天提出一项联合决议，以结束伊朗战争。民主党人将利用听证会、立法、监督和财政权力，推动政府走向持久的、外交的解决方案。我们将继续努力结束特朗普这场失败的‘选择性战争’，同时专注于满足美国人民的需求。”然而，战争权力决议并非没有弱点，民主党人对此心知肚明。特朗普决定无视一项由两院在6月通过的成功战争权力措施，凸显了这一程序的局限。
“I will introduce a joint resolution to end the Iran War on the first day of the next Congress,” Meeks told MS NOW last week. “And Democrats will use hearings, legislation, oversight, and the power of the purse to push the administration toward a durable, diplomatic solution. We will keep fighting to end Trump’s failed war of choice, as we focus on addressing the needs of the American people.”War powers resolutions aren’t without their weaknesses, however, and Democrats are aware of that. Trump’s decision to ignore a successful war powers measure, adopted by both chambers in June, highlighted the limits of the process.
众议员克里斯·德卢齐奥（民主党-宾夕法尼亚州）表示，下届国会需要确立其对战争权力的控制。
Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., said the next Congress would need to establish its control over war powers.
“两党总统都在滥用宪法赋予的这些权力，”德卢齐奥周四告诉MS NOW。“国会应该收回这些权力，重新确立美国人民在决定美国人何时参战方面的角色。”另一位众议院民主党人因讨论党团内部的私下情绪而获准匿名，他表示，对《战争权力法》的修改可能需要成为国会更广泛制度变革的一部分。
“Presidents in both parties have abused the constitutional powers here,” Deluzio told MS NOW on Thursday. “The Congress should take it back. They should reassert the American people’s role in deciding when Americans go to fight.”Another House Democrat, granted anonymity to discuss private sentiments within the caucus, said changes to the War Powers Act may need to be part of broader institutional changes in Congress.
“我们需要像对待水门事件后的那一届国会一样处理这件事，不仅要解决结束伊朗战争的问题，还要真正进行制度变革，确保这种事情不再发生，”这位议员说。
“We need to treat this like the Watergate class, and not only address ending the war in Iran, but actually the institutional reform that we need to do so that this can’t happen again,” the lawmaker said.
这位民主党人补充说，针对赫格塞斯的弹劾投票几乎肯定会在跛脚鸭会期进行。
This Democrat added that an impeachment vote against Hegseth would almost certainly take place during the lame-duck session.
与此同时，民主党人正设法将一项指令写入政府拨款法案，以在法律上要求特朗普结束战争。这是一个复杂的问题，因为国会不能要求伊朗政府放松对霍尔木兹海峡通行的控制，而且美国在敌对行动期间的打击一直是断断续续的。
At the same time, Democrats are trying to figure out how to write a directive into a government funding bill that would legally require Trump to end the war. It’s a complicated question, as Congress can’t require that Iran’s government loosen its grip on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. strikes have been stop-and-go during the hostilities.
加列戈说，民主党可能希望保留一些自由裁量权，让美国的海上封锁继续——只是要设定严格的时间限制。他说，过于具体的条款可能会产生漏洞。不过，总体而言，民主党“必须关注资金方面”，加列戈补充道。
Gallego said Democrats may want to preserve some discretion to let the U.S. naval blockade continue — just with strict time limits. Overly prescriptive language could create loopholes, he said. Overall, though, Democrats “have to focus on the funding side of it,” Gallego added.
马里兰州民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金也表示，民主党可以利用财政权力来结束战争，尽管他们尚未敲定具体计划。
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., also said Democrats can use the power of the purse to end the war, though they haven’t settled on a specific plan.
当然，结束战争的推动——一个轻松的竞选说辞——面临着这样一个现实：伊朗也对冲突如何结束有发言权。
Of course, the push to end the war — an easy campaign talking point — runs up against the reality that Iran also gets a say in how the conflict ends.
上述提到的这位民主党众议员承认，部分希望在于，民主党可能会迫使特朗普回到谈判桌前——并让伊朗人相信，美国不会无视任何协议。
The previously mentioned House Democrat acknowledged that part of the hope is that Democrats might force Trump back to the negotiating table — and make the Iranians feel confident that the U.S. will not just disregard any agreement.
“当你看看伊朗人的态度，他们不信任与特朗普达成协议，因为每次他们进行谈判，他就开始轰炸他们，”这位议员说。
“When you look at the Iranians’ posture, they don’t trust making a deal with Trump because every time they’ve been in negotiations, he’s started bombing them,” the lawmaker said.
拉斯金表示，如果官员们因选举结果而受到教训，特朗普政府也可能向民主党提出如何摆脱当前局面的提议。他指出，副总统JD·万斯似乎在一篇分析共和党失利的长篇X帖子中试图与这场战争划清界限。
Raskin said the Trump administration could also come to Democrats with proposals on how to extricate itself from the situation, if officials are chastened by the election results. He noted that Vice President JD Vance seemed to try to distance himself from the war in a long X post analyzing Republicans’ losses.
“如果他真这么想，他摆脱伊朗战争废墟的计划是什么？”拉斯金对MS NOW说。“他应该把它摆上桌面。”
“If he really means that, what is his plan to extricate us from the wreckage of the Iran war?”Raskin told MS NOW. “He should put it on the table.”