随着领导层选举尘埃落定，参议院共和党人正准备在明年参议院民主党人接掌之前“最大限度地”利用他们剩余的执政时间。
With their leadership elections settled, Senate Republicans are gearing up to "maximize" their remaining time in power before Senate Democrats take over next year.
所有人的目光再次聚焦在参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩身上，他再次当选共和党领袖。胜选后不久，图恩宣布，他和参议院共和党人“承诺留在这里，不惜一切代价尽可能多地完成工作”。
All eyes are again on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who was re-elected to another term as the Republican leader. Shortly after winning, Thune declared that he and the Senate GOP were "committed to being here to do whatever it takes to get as much done as we can."
“这意味着延长这里的日程安排，增加我们在这里的天数，增加我们在这里的时数，增加我们最终可能进行的投票次数，”图恩说。“但我们会强势完成本届立法会期。”参议院最初计划从周二到权力交接期间大约有20天会期，但共和党人现在正榨干每一分钟，以强行通过必须通过的立法、唐纳德·特朗普总统的数十名提名人选以及更多事项。
"That means extending the calendar here, the number of days we're here, the number of hours we're here, the number of votes we may end up taking," Thune said. "But we are going to finish this legislative session strong." The Senate was initially set to be in roughly 20 days from Tuesday until the changing of the guard, but Republicans are now squeezing the juice out of every last minute to ram through must-pass legislation, dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees and more.
共和党人在周二马拉松式闭门会议接近尾声时同意，将这种冲刺状态坚持到年底。
And Republicans agreed to hold themselves to that sprint until the end of the year at the tail end of their marathon closed-door meeting on Tuesday.
据福克斯新闻数字频道获得的一份会议上达成的决议，议员们计划“最大限度地利用我们拥有国会多数席位的54天，确认会议批准的每一位司法提名人和每一位行政提名人，通过我们的共和党核心优先事项，并尽一切人力所能及的努力在1月3日之前通过一项预算协调法案”。
Lawmakers plan to "maximize the 54 days we have with congressional majorities, to confirm every judicial nominee and every executive nominee that the conference approves of, to pass our core Republican priorities, and to do everything humanly possible to pass a reconciliation bill before Jan. 3," according to a resolution agreed to in the meeting obtained by Fox News Digital.
再次尝试预算协调可能是他们雄心勃勃的年终冲刺中最棘手的部分，尤其取决于议员们试图将哪些内容塞入这一进程。
Another crack at budget reconciliation could be the trickiest part of their ambitious year-end gauntlet, particularly depending on what lawmakers try to cram into the process.
“我认为我们必须保持现实，才有可能通过，范围相当窄，”图恩对福克斯新闻数字频道说。
"I think we've got to keep it realistic to probably have any chance of passing, pretty narrow," Thune told Fox News Digital.
威斯康星州共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊担任参议院预算委员会主席，该委员会负责为这一流程搭建框架。他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他打算在周三的午餐会上向共和党人提出他的计划。
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who chairs the Senate Budget Committee responsible for developing the scaffolding around the process, told Fox News Digital that he intended to present his plan to Republicans during their lunchtime meeting on Wednesday.
共和党人也在考虑最后再尝试一次，推动《拯救美国法案》通过，或者推出一个能获得参议院议事规则裁判认可的版本。
It’s also where Republicans are considering one last attempt at getting the SAVE America Act, or a version of it that could pass muster with the Senate rules referee.
“哦，是的，那会是其中一部分，你知道，为各州提供资金用于选举诚信类措施，”约翰逊说。
"Oh yeah, that'd be part of it, you know, to provide funding for states for election integrity type of measures," Johnson said.
国防拨款将是共和党人的另一项重大任务，因为纽约州民主党参议员、参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默和民主党人决心利用国会对国家财政的控制权，来切断伊朗战争的支出。
Defense funding will be another major task for Republicans, given that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats are determined to use Congress’ power over the nation’s purse strings as a way to choke off spending on the Iran war.
图恩承认，预算协调程序也可能成为五角大楼资金流入的另一条渠道，但他希望民主党人选择另一条路。
Thune acknowledged that reconciliation could be another landing spot for Pentagon dollars to flow, but hoped Democrats would choose a different route.
“这将取决于他们是否有成员被说服，认为确保我们有足够的弹药、炮弹和武器来保卫国家是优先事项，”图恩说。“我希望他们有，那样的话也许我们就不必走那条路，但我们现在正在评估。”白宫的首要任务之一，也是图恩待办事项清单上的头一项，是确认一批司法和行政分支提名人。截至周二，有23名司法提名人，其中许多人仍需经过委员会程序，还有近100名行政分支提名人需要确认。
"It's going to depend on whether or not they have any of their members who are persuaded that making sure that we have enough munitions and ammo and weaponry to be able to defend the country is a priority," Thune said. "I hope they do, in which case maybe we won't have to go down that path, but we're scoping it out right now." One of the White House’s top priorities, and at the top of Thune’s to-do list, is confirming a slate of judicial and executive branch nominees. As of Tuesday, there were 23 judicial nominees, many of whom still needed to go through committee, and nearly 100 executive branch nominees that need confirmation.
还有一系列其他高优先级事项被推迟到跛脚鸭会期，比如《国防授权法案》、两党许可改革方案以及维持政府运转。
There is a slew of other high priority items that were punted to the lame duck, like the National Defense Authorization Act, a bipartisan permitting reform package and keeping the government funded.
鉴于选举后政治风向的变化，防止再次政府停摆，或者至少敲定一项协议，可能会很棘手。
Preventing another shutdown, or at least hammering out a deal, could be tricky given how the political winds shifted after the election.
阿拉巴马州共和党参议员凯蒂·布里特是参议院拨款委员会成员，她告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，为政府提供资金“能清理掉的事务越多越好”。
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, told Fox News Digital that "where we can clear the decks, the better," to fund the government.
布里特说：“我知道在大选之前，我们一些民主党同僚也是这么想的，但我们必须能够合作，把其中一些事情做成。”
"I know that prior to the election that was the thought of some of our Democratic colleagues as well, but we have to be able to work together to get some of that done," Britt said.