中间派的新民主党人联盟新当选的领导人明确表示：他们支持哈基姆·杰弗里斯。
The centrist New Democrat Coalition’s newly elected leaders are making it very clear: They have Hakeem Jeffries' back.
“我们将成为一个关键的投票集团，确保他成为下一任议长，”伊利诺伊州众议员妮基·布津斯基周二在当选该联盟主席后的首次采访中说。“他将成为下一任众议院议长。”“毫无疑问，毫不迟疑，”华盛顿州众议员玛丽莲·斯特里克兰补充道。她也是周二与其他联盟领导人一同当选的，将出任该组织的传播副主席。
“We’ll be a critical voting bloc to make sure that he is the next speaker,” Rep. Nikki Budzinski of Illinois said Tuesday in her first interview after being elected the coalition’s chair. “He will be the next speaker of the House.”“Unequivocally and without hesitation,” added Rep. Marilyn Strickland of Washington, the group’s next vice chair of communications, who was also elected Tuesday along other coalition leaders.
新民主党人已经是众议院民主党人中最庞大的意识形态党团，下届任期将拥有超过140名成员，影响力可观。下一批领导人——还包括新墨西哥州众议员加布·巴斯克斯出任政策副主席、华盛顿州众议员金·施里尔出任外联副主席——将自己定位为最高层领导人的议程设定者，以及在更大的党团内部促成共识的基层力量。
The New Democrats, already House Democrats’ largest ideological caucus, will have significant clout next term with over 140 members. The next group of leaders — which also includes Rep. Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico as policy vice chair and Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington as outreach vice chair — are framing themselves as agenda-setters for top leaders and foot soldiers in brokering consensus inside the larger party caucus.
他们的首要任务已经与杰弗里斯对下届国会初期的设想一致：恢复已到期的《平价医疗法案》税收抵免、废除唐纳德·特朗普总统的关税，并撤销共和党对医疗补助的削减。但在下届会期开局几天就这些共识性措施投票之后，新民主党人将不得不应对进步派在如何解决生活成本负担问题上的不同主张。
Their top priorities are already in line with Jeffries’ vision for the early days of the next Congress: restoring expired Affordable Care Act tax credits, repealing President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rolling back GOP Medicaid cuts. But after voting on those consensus measure in the next session's opening days, the New Democrats will have to wrestle with a competing vision of how to tackle affordability from progressives.
国会进步派党团下届任期也将扩大到100多名成员，同样誓言要施展自己的力量。许多即将上任的进步派人士以推进“全民联邦医疗保险”医疗计划作为竞选主张，资深进步派人士则在推动委员会采取行动。
The Congressional Progressive Caucus is also swelling to over 100 members next term and is similarly vowing to flex its muscle. Many incoming progressives campaigned on advancing a “Medicare for All” health plan, and senior progressives are pushing for committee action.
新民主党领导人表示支持“全民医疗保健”，但对“全民联邦医疗保险”持怀疑态度。后者通常被理解为类似加拿大和英国的单一支付者制度。
The New Dem leaders said they support “universal health care” but were skeptical of Medicare for All, which is commonly interpreted as a single-payer system akin to Canada and the United Kingdom.
“关键在于细节，”施里尔说，“三个词可成不了政策，所以我们要作为一个大家庭式的党团来把这件事推进下去。”布津斯基表示，新民主党人联盟将“推出一系列”关于医疗保健的举措，并就此“开展大量议员教育”。
“The devil's in the details here,” Schrier said. “Like, three words does not make policy, and so we're going to work through this as a big family caucus.”Budzinski said the New Democrats will “roll out a series” on health care and “do a lot of member education” on the subject.
“我们相信市场竞争，竞争能在医疗保健方面带来更好的结果，能降低成本，”她说。
“We believe in competition in the market, that competition can create better outcomes with health care, can lower costs,” she said.
新任领导人表示，该联盟以妥协为取向，并且愿意与共和党人谈判——甚至包括在白宫。瓦斯克斯提到特朗普在周日《60分钟》节目中关于寻求与民主党人达成移民协议的言论，称他看到了“一个机会”。
The new leaders say the coalition is oriented around compromise and that they are open to negotiating with Republicans — even in the White House. Referencing Trump’s comment on Sunday’s “60 Minutes” episode about seeking an immigration deal with Democrats, Vasquez said he saw “an opening.”
“作为我们这样一个务实的议员联盟，我们需要在移民问题上提出主动性的解决方案，”他说，“所以我们会继续推动我们制定的那套移民与边境安全框架。”在众议院民主党人成为多数党之前，他们必须先度过一个充满争议的跛脚鸭时期；在此期间，民主党将不得不权衡：是现在就与共和党人妥协，还是等到明年拥有更多筹码再说。
“And as the pragmatic coalition of legislators that we are, we need to offer proactive solutions on immigration,” he said. “So we're going to continue to push that immigration and border security framework that we developed.”Before House Democrats take the majority, they have to navigate a contentious lame-duck period where the party will have to weigh whether to compromise with Republicans now or wait until they have more leverage next year.
这个问题在参议院斡旋达成的待议许可法案上最为紧迫。杰弗里斯曾表示希望该法案得到修改，但谈判代表认为，如果法案过于大幅地朝民主党人的方向倾斜，就无法获得通过。
The question is most pressing on the pending Senate-brokered permitting bill. Jeffries has said he wants the bill revised, but negotiators believe it cannot be enacted if it moves too dramatically in Democrats’ direction.
新民主党人联盟的领导人曾对最近修订的参议院协议作出，但该团体迄今尚未明确表示支持。布津斯基周二表示，该联盟“正在密切关注这些谈判”，同时强调有必要“降低公用事业账单，并向美国人民表明，即使在民主党人成为多数党之前，我们也能以两党合作的方式为他们办事”。
Leaders of the New Democrats have spoken positively about the recently revised Senate deal, but the group has stopped short so far of an outright endorsement. Budzinski said Tuesday the coalition is “very closely watching those negotiations” while emphasizing the need to “lower utility bills and show the American people that we can work together on a bipartisan way to deliver for them” even before Democrats take the majority.
“我们认为，美国人民在选举日告诉我们，他们希望我们现在就开始工作，”她说。“所以，现在只要有需要推进的事情，哪怕是在跛脚鸭会期……我们也想参与这些讨论，并开始这项工作。”
“We believe that the American people told us on Election Day they want us to get to work now,” she said. “So where there are opportunities now, even in the lame duck … we want to be a part of those conversations and start that work.”