十一名民主党议员缺席关键表决，导致弹劾赫格塞斯的尝试落空。周二晚间，众议院就一项旨在扼杀国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯弹劾案的程序性动议进行表决。若非11名民主党议员缺席投票——其中数人称国会山附近发生交通事故阻碍了他们前往投票——结果本可能截然不同。
Eleven Dems missed the critical vote, squandering Hegseth's impeachment attempt. Tuesday night's House vote on a procedural motion to kill the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could have gone a different way had it not been for 11 Democrats missing the vote -- with several saying a traffic incident near the Capitol kept them from casting their votes.
共和党以211票对204票，将共和党众议员托马斯·马西针对赫格塞斯提出的弹劾决议提交司法委员会，该决议将在1月3日第119届国会结束时随之搁置失效。
The GOP referred Republican Rep. Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution against Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee where it will wither and die at the end of the 119th Congress on Jan. 3, with a vote of 211-204.
虽然有七名共和党议员也缺席了投票，但若所有民主党议员都在投票期间投出反对票，民主党本可获胜。该投票原定15分钟，实则延长至29分钟。若这11名民主党议员均能及时赶到现场，与其余准时到场的同僚一同投票——共和党在众议院仅拥有两票多数优势——该动议本可能以215票对211票被否决，从而使弹劾决议得以推进。
While seven Republicans skipped the vote, Democrats could have prevailed had they all cast a vote in the 29 minutes that the vote, scheduled for 15 minutes, was held open. Had all 11 Democrats voted with the rest of their punctual colleagues in the chamber where Republicans enjoy a two-vote majority, the motion could have been defeated 215-211 -- and therefore the impeachment resolution would have advanced.
民主党众议员朱莉娅·布朗利、卢·科雷亚、劳拉·吉伦、史蒂文·霍斯福德、乔纳森·杰克逊、南希·佩洛西、布列塔尼·佩特森、梅拉妮·斯坦斯伯里、海利·史蒂文斯、玛丽琳·斯特里克兰和弗雷德里卡·威尔逊均未能及时赶到现场，对将弹劾决议提交委员会一事投下反对票。其中仅科雷亚提前宣布缺席，理由是因医疗程序无法前往华盛顿参加周二的投票。
Democratic Reps. Julia Brownley, Lou Correa, Laura Gillen, Steven Horsford, Jonathan Jackson, Nancy Pelosi, Brittany Pettersen, Melanie Stansbury, Haley Stevens, Marilyn Strickland and Frederica Wilson all failed to show up in time to cast their no votes on referring the impeachment resolution to committee. Only Correa announced his absence in advance, citing a medical procedure that him from traveling to Washington to vote on Tuesday.
佩洛西发言人伊恩·克拉格告诉美国广播公司新闻部（ABC News）：“荣誉议长佩洛西昨天返回旧金山，出席并致敬当地退伍军人，参加‘从剑到犁’组织举办的第30届退伍军人节庆典，这是一项重要且由来已久的选区传统，她定期出席，并以国会议员身份最后一次参加了该活动。她支持弹劾赫格塞斯部长，并会对将弹劾条款提交司法委员会的动议投‘反对’票。” 其他民主党人主要将缺席归咎于华盛顿交通拥堵——尽管他们至少提前18小时就知道众议院周二晚安排了下午5:30开始的一系列投票。
"Speaker Emerita Pelosi returned to San Francisco yesterday to join and honor local veterans at Swords to Plowshares' 30th Annual Veterans Day Celebration, an important and longstanding district tradition she regularly attends and marked for the last time as a Member of Congress," Pelosi spokesman Ian Krager told ABC News. "She supports impeaching Secretary Hegseth and would have voted ‘No’ on the motion to refer." Other Democrats largely blamed their absence on Washington traffic -- despite knowing for at least 18 hours that the House had scheduled a 5:30 p.m. vote series on Tuesday night.
美国广播公司新闻部已就几位民主党议员声称阻碍他们的交通事件联系美国国会警察，但截至发稿尚未收到回复。
ABC News has reached out to U.S. Capitol Police about a traffic incident that several Democratic lawmakers claimed held them up, but has not yet heard back.
斯坦斯伯里众议员办公室在社交媒体上解释称：“和其他国会议员一样，斯坦斯伯里众议员因一起交通事件和投票期间的警方护送巴士，被拦在国会大厦外无法进入投票。当她到达会议厅时，投票刚刚结束。她立即提交了投票报告，记录她对旨在搁置弹劾条款并将其提交司法委员会的动议投‘反对’票，此举已载入《国会记录》。”《国会记录》的补充记录不影响投票结果或计票。吉伦表示，她也被同样的交通延误困住。
"Like other Members of Congress, Rep. Stansbury was blocked from entering the Capitol to vote due a traffic incident and a police escort of a bus during the vote,” her office explained in a social media post. "When she reached the chamber the vote had just gaveled out. She immediately filed a report of her vote of 'NO' to the motion meant to kill the impeachment articles and refer them to the Judiciary Committee, as documented in the Congressional Record." Congressional record additions don't impact the result or tally of the vote. Gillen said that she was also caught in the traffic delay.
吉伦在社交媒体上写道：“和斯坦斯伯里众议员一样，当共和党人结束投票时，我被困在同一个阻挡国会大厦的警方护送车队后面。我本会投反对票，并强烈认为皮特·赫格塞斯应该被弹劾。” 杰克逊在社交媒体上表示，该交通事件“导致延误，致使在我和其他议员到达会议厅前投票就已结束”，并补充说他此后已将其打算投“反对”票的意向记入《国会记录》。
"Like Rep. Stansbury, I was stuck behind the same police escort blocking the Capitol when Republicans closed the vote," Gillen wrote in a social media post. "I would have voted no and believe strongly that Pete Hegseth should be impeached." Jackson said in a social media post that the traffic incident "caused a delay that resulted in the vote closing before I, along with other Members, could reach the chamber," adding that he has since entered his intent to case a "no" vote into the congressional record.
彼得森在社交媒体上写道，她“被剥夺了投票权”，但未详细说明。
Pettersen wrote in a social media post that she was "denied the ability to vote," but didn't elaborate.
“我当时正在开车送这位女众议员，被迫在国会警察的指挥下等待车队通过，导致她错过了投票，仅差1分钟，”斯特里克兰的幕僚长安德鲁·诺对美国广播公司（ABC）表示。“她本会投反对动议的票。”在结束对动议的投票后，众议院接着进行下一项投票。到那时，又有六名民主党人——布朗利、吉伦、杰克逊、彼得森、斯坦斯伯里和斯特里克兰——进入会议厅，冲破了交通拥堵。
"I was driving the Congresswoman and was forced to wait for a motorcade to pass by Capitol Police, causing the Congresswoman to miss the vote by 1 minute,” Andrew Noh, Strickland’s chief of staff, told ABC. "She would have voted against the motion to refer." After closing the vote on the motion to refer, the House proceeded next to a vote. By then, six more Democrats -- Brownley, Gillen, Jackson, Pettersen, Stansbury and Strickland -- arrived in the chamber, breaking through the traffic jam.
即使他们当时参加了对动议的投票，这额外的六票仍不足以击败该动议——预计票数将是211比210。霍斯福德、史蒂文斯和威尔逊仍莫名其妙地缺席。霍斯福德随后赶到会议厅参加了接下来的投票。
Had they been there for the vote on the motion to refer, their additional six votes still would have still fallen short of defeating it -- putting the prospective tally at 211-210. Horsford, Stevens, and Wilson were still inexplicably missing. Horsford later arrived in the chamber for the following vote.
布朗利、霍斯福德、史蒂文斯和威尔逊众议员尚未就缺席投票一事向美国广播公司新闻部作出回应解释。
Reps. Brownley, Horsford, Stevens and Wilson have not yet responded to ABC News with an explanation of their missed vote.
威尔逊周一和周二均未投票，因健康问题缺席大量立法事务而受到关注。威尔逊周三在国会大厦参加了投票。
Wilson did not vote on Monday or Tuesday and has faced scrutiny for missing extended periods of legislative business due to health challenges. Wilson was at the Capitol for votes on Wednesday.
即将离任的史蒂文斯众议员在参议员初选中落败，在支持密歇根州共和党人迈克·罗杰斯竞选参议员而非民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德后，失去了大部分工作人员和许多民主党同僚的支持。她周一晚上投了两票，随后周二所有三次投票均缺席。史蒂文斯周三也恢复了投票。民主党人可能在明年1月控制众议院后，再次推动弹劾赫格塞斯。
Outgoing Rep. Stevens, who lost her primary for U.S. Senate, has lost most of her staff and the support of many Democratic colleagues after endorsing Michigan Republican Mike Rogers for Senate over Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. She cast two votes on Monday evening before skipping all three votes on Tuesday. Stevens also returned for votes on Wednesday. Democrats may pursue impeachment of Hegseth again -- once they take control of the chamber in January.