华盛顿，11月10日 —— 在共和党遭遇大选惨败、选民否定了他们对唐纳德·特朗普总统的效忠一周后，美国国会共和党人定于周二决定谁将在明年民主党接管参众两院时领导本党。
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 - One week after the massive election defeat that repudiated their fealty to President Donald Trump, Republicans in the US Congress were set on Tuesday to decide who will lead their party next year when Democrats take over the Senate and House of Representatives.
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩竞选明年1月的少数党领袖似乎没有遇到挑战者，尽管一群强硬派共和党参议员施压要求推迟党内领导层选举，转而举行选后总结会议，分析选举失利原因。
Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared to face no challengers to his bid to become minority leader in January, even as a group of hardline Republican senators pressed to delay party leadership elections in favor of holding a post-mortem session on the election defeat.
图恩周一对记者表示，共和党人将在推进领导层投票前讨论选举失利问题。
Thune told reporters on Monday that Republicans would talk about the election losses before moving forward with the leadership vote.
他说：“我正在竞选领袖，但我认为进行这次讨论很重要。我们会讨论的，每个人都将有机会发表意见，然后我们希望能继续前进。”
"I'm running for leader, but I think it's important that we have that discussion. And we will, and everyone will have a chance to weigh in, and then we'll hopefully move forward," he said.
在国会山另一侧，众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯和众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹陷入少数党领袖职位的胶着争夺，此前众议院议长迈克·约翰逊表示无意继续掌舵共和党，特朗普也表示不会介入。
Across Capitol Hill, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan were locked in a tight race for minority leader, after House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled that he had no interest in remaining at the Republican helm and Trump said he would not get involved.
约翰逊曾主持过一个分裂严重的共和党多数派，该多数派有时会搅黄自己的立法。他预测，民主党掌控众议院后将出现“混乱”。
Johnson, who presided over a fractious Republican majority that sometimes derailed its own legislation, predicted "chaos" in the House with Democrats in charge.
这位路易斯安那州共和党人说：“很遗憾选民做出了错误选择。如果我们保住了多数派地位，我们将继续按既定方针前进。” 参众两院的领导层选举将通过在国会大厦举行的无记名投票分别决定，这将决定共和党人在特朗普总统任期最后两年作为国会少数党打算扮演什么角色。
"I'm sorry that voters made the wrong choice," the Louisiana Republican said. "If we had kept the majority, we would stay on course." The House and Senate leadership elections, which will be settled by respective secret ballots in the US Capitol, will determine what role Republicans intend to play as the minority party in Congress during the final two years of Trump's presidency.
民主党赢得了参议院100个席位中的至少54个，以及众议院435个席位中的至少252个，获得了可观的多数优势，可在2028年总统大选前就优先议题推动立法。
Democrats won at least 54 of the Senate's 100 seats and at least 252 of the House's 435 seats, giving them substantial majorities to pursue legislation on priority issues in the run-up to the 2028 presidential election.
“我们即将成为自50年代以来参议院历史上最大的滑坡，现在我们准备好卷起袖子，开始工作，为美国人民降低成本，”参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默周一在当前国会的跛脚鸭会议开始时对记者说。
"We're about to become the largest landslide in the history of the Senate since the '50s, and now we're ready to roll up our sleeves, get to work, and lower costs for the American people,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told reporters on Monday as the lame-duck session of the current Congress got under way.
但民主党仍需要共和党的支持才能在参议院推进重大议程，因为阻挠议事规则要求大多数立法必须获得60票。他们在两院的多数席位也远远不足以推翻总统否决所需的三分之二票数。
But Democrats will still need Republican support to move major initiatives in the Senate, where the filibuster rule requires 60 votes for most legislation. Their majorities in both chambers also fall well short of the two-thirds votes needed to override presidential vetoes.
选举后，桑恩承诺，共和党将与特朗普合作，阻止“民主党极端主义”，并反对民主党任何试图推翻共和党成就的企图，包括边境安全和司法任命。
After the election, Thune vowed that Republicans would work with Trump to block "Democrat extremism" and work against any attempt by Democrats to unwind Republican achievements including border security and judicial appointments.
但这位以温和作风和共识建设型领导风格著称的南达科他州共和党人，已遭到特朗普的MAGA支持者的抨击，他们指责他未能在选举前更积极地推进特朗普的政策，包括总统所寻求的全面联邦选举限制。
But the South Dakota Republican, known for his mild manner and consensus-building leadership style, has come under fire from Trump's MAGA supporters, who blame him for not pursuing Trump policies more aggressively ahead of the election, including sweeping federal election restrictions sought by the president.