支持五角大楼“金穹顶”导弹防御盾牌的两位重量级共和党议员将随即将到来的民主党接管国会浪潮离任，这引发了关于唐纳德·特朗普总统标志性的第二任期国防倡议前景的疑问。
Two of the top lawmakers backing the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defense shield are among the wave of Republicans leaving Congress in the coming Democratic takeover, raising questions about the future of President Donald Trump's signature second-term defense initiative.
国会山的这一变动发生在军方官员近几个月发出信号、表示可能在“金穹顶”一个要素上退让之后：即特朗普要求具备在导弹发射后初始助推阶段将其击落的能力。
The shakeup on Capitol Hill comes after military officials signaled in recent months that they might backpedal from one element Trump asked for in Golden Dome: the capability to shoot down missiles in their initial boost phase shortly after launch.
自特朗普于2025年1月——即他第二任期入主白宫一周后——宣布该计划以来，“金穹顶”一直未受到国会严肃审查。随着民主党接手撰写五角大楼预算、提出资金限制、并推出法案剔除“金穹顶”最具争议的组成部分并为该计划更名，这种缺乏审查的局面将会改变。
The Golden Dome has escaped serious congressional scrutiny since Trump announced the program in January 2025, one week into his second term in the White House. That lack of scrutiny will change as Democrats take responsibility for writing the Pentagon's budget, introduce limits on funding, and put forth bills to strip out Golden Dome's most controversial component and give the program a new name.