进步派民主党人推动切断对伊朗战争的资金支持，却遭到党内资深成员的抵制，后者质疑这一策略是否能制止战事，还是仅会让共和党赢得政治胜利。
A push by progressive Democrats to cut off funding for the Iran war is hitting resistance from senior members of the party, who question whether the strategy would stop the fighting or simply hand Republicans a political victory.
政府拨款将于12月11日到期，部分民主党人希望拒绝支持下一项临时拨款法案，除非该法案禁止政府动用联邦资金开展针对伊朗的军事行动。
With government funding set to expire Dec. 11, some Democrats want to deny support for the next stopgap funding bill unless it bars the administration from spending federal dollars on military operations against Iran.
该提议由参议员克里斯·范霍伦（民主党-马里兰州）、众议员罗·卡纳（民主党-加利福尼亚州）等人倡导，导致民主党内部出现分歧，他们正四处寻找限制特朗普继续战争能力的办法。温和派甚至部分进步派都对冒着政府关门的风险持怀疑态度，距离民主党于1月接管国会仅剩几周时间。
The proposal, championed by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) and others has divided Democrats as they scramble for ways to restrict Trump’s ability to continue the war. Moderates and even some progressives are skeptical about risking a shutdown just weeks before Democrats take control of Congress in January.
“我希望战争结束，”众议院军事委员会首席民主党成员、华盛顿州众议员亚当·史密斯表示。“关门会让这更有可能实现，还是只会在战争继续的同时把政治胜利拱手送给共和党？这就是我们正在进行的基本辩论。”史密斯指出，特朗普总统一直在没有针对该冲突的专项拨款情况下为战争提供资金，转而依赖现有的五角大楼资金。拒绝批准追加支出未必能阻止军事行动。
“I want the war to end,” said Washington Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. “Would shutting down the government make that more likely, or would it just hand the Republicans a political victory while the war continues? That’s the basic debate we’re having.”President Donald Trump, Smith pointed out, has already been financing the war without a specific appropriation for the conflict, relying instead on existing Pentagon funding. Refusing to approve additional spending would not necessarily stop military operations.
参议院拨款委员会国防小组委员会首席民主党成员、特拉华州参议员克里斯·库恩斯警告不要冒政府关门的风险，认为民主党可以通过拒绝政府的补充支出请求和拟议的协调法案来传递信息。
Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, warned against risking a shutdown, arguing that Democrats could instead send a message by rejecting the administration’s supplemental spending request and proposed reconciliation package.
“我不认为我们应该让政府关门，”他对《华盛顿太阳报》说。“我们将挫败政府在协调法案和补充拨款方面的努力。这是一个相当强烈的信号，表明他们得不到为战争和[国防]现代化所要求的资金。”
“I do not think we should have a government shutdown,” he told The Washington Sun. “We are going to defeat the administration’s efforts at reconciliation and a supplemental. That’s a pretty strong signal that they’re not getting the money they’re asking for the war and for [defense] modernization.”
库恩斯警告说，政府关门“将使我们偏离核心目标数周，甚至数月”。民主党面临着立即对抗还是将斗争推迟到1月的选择。但即使民主党控制国会，特朗普仍将保留否决权，共和党人可以对大多数参议院立法进行阻挠议事。
A shutdown, Coons warned, “would divert us from our core objectives for weeks, if not months.”Democrats face a choice between an immediate confrontation and postponing the fight until January. But even under Democratic control of Congress, Trump will retain veto power, and Republicans could filibuster most Senate legislation.
华盛顿州参议员帕蒂·默里，参院拨款委员会民主党首席议员，以及康涅狄格州众议员罗莎·德劳罗，众院拨款委员会民主党首席议员，均表示支持短期拨款延期。
Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, have said they favor a short-term funding extension.
两人均未承诺将限制对伊朗战争的条款作为支持12月拨款延期的条件，默里表示民主党正在研究各种选项。
Neither would commit to demanding Iran war restrictions as a condition of supporting a December funding extension, with Murray saying Democrats are examining their options.
“我们不会接受他们的补充拨款，那笔钱是用来资助战争的，”默里说。“我们也不会接受他们正在谈论的、可能会推行的协调法案。”
“We are not going to accept their supplemental funding that funds the war,” Murray said. “We’re not going to accept their reconciliation that they are talking about that they might do.”
德劳罗表示，年底前没有足够时间完成国防拨款法案，称民主党最终“不会提供政府寻求的数十亿美元国防资金。”民主党正在考虑在临时拨款案谈判中提出一系列可能的要求。这些要求包括：通过补充拨款法案或临时拨款案本身禁止为战争提供额外资金，限制向五角大楼转移现有资金，以及禁止为地面部队提供资金。
DeLauro said there wasn’t enough time to complete the defense spending bill before the end of the year, saying that Democrats ultimately “are not going to provide the billions of dollars that the administration is looking for for defense.”Democrats are considering a range of possible demands in negotiations over the continuing resolution. Those include prohibiting additional funding for the war through a supplemental spending bill or the CR itself, restricting the transfer of existing funds to the Pentagon and barring funding for ground troops.
前众议院多数党领袖斯坦尼·霍耶（民主党-马里兰州）曾在民主党领导层任职二十年，即将退出国会，他也警告不要在圣诞节前两周引发可能扰乱政府服务的对峙。
Former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland), who spent two decades in Democratic leadership and is retiring from Congress, also warned against a showdown that could disrupt government services just two weeks before Christmas.
“我认为这不是一个好的策略，”霍耶对《太阳报》说。“既然我们将掌权，为什么要让政府关门？”霍耶主张民主党应等到一月控制两院时，届时他们可以推进自己的提案。
“I think it’s not a good tactic,” Hoyer told The Sun. “Why would we want to shut down government when we’re going to be in charge?”Hoyer argued that Democrats should wait until they control both chambers in January, when they can advance their own proposals.
“何必给我们的政府和它服务的民众制造这种创伤？”他说。“如果你想为临时拨款案（CR）而战，就等到你成为多数党时再战。”参议员马克·沃纳（民主党-弗吉尼亚州）也质疑冒险引发政府关门的明智性，特别是考虑到他所在州拥有大量联邦雇员。
“Why create that trauma for our government and for the people it serves?” he said. “If you want to have that fight over a CR, have that fight when you’re in the majority.”Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) also questioned the wisdom of risking a shutdown, particularly given his state’s large population of federal workers.
“我愿意听取更多关于这场辩论的意见，但假期再次发生政府关门，尤其是对于像我们这样拥有这么多雇员的州？”沃纳对《太阳报》说。
“I’m open to hearing more on the debate, but another government shutdown over the holidays, especially for states with as many employees as we’ve got?”Warner told The Sun.
众议院拨款委员会成员、进步派议员马克·波坎（民主党-威斯康星州）告诫，在民主党不了解共和党计划推行何种拨款立法之前，不要承诺为临时拨款案而对峙。
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin), a progressive member of the House Appropriations Committee, cautioned against committing to a showdown over a continuing resolution before Democrats know what funding legislation Republicans plan to pursue.
“可能有更容易、更好的方式做完全相同的事，”波坎说，建议对战争的限制可以改为纳入单独的国防拨款法案。
“There may be easier and better ways to do the exact same thing,” Pocan said, suggesting that the restrictions on the war could instead be included in a separate defense spending bill.
“我觉得有很多人在进行类似辩论俱乐部式的辩论，这些辩论可能目前并未影响这一问题的现实，”波坎说。
“I think there’s a lot of people having debates like you have in debate club that maybe aren’t impacting reality right now on this issue,” Pocan said.
但支持者称民主党有授权立即行动，理由是反战情绪帮助推动了他们在上周中期选举中的胜利。
But proponents say Democrats have a mandate to act now, arguing that opposition to the war helped propel their victory in last week’s midterm elections.
卡纳表示，周二弹劾国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯的努力失败，增加了民主党采取大胆行动的紧迫性。
Khanna said that Tuesday’s failed effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has increased the urgency for bold Democratic action.
“我们必须在做反战党这件事上更坚定，”卡纳对《太阳报》说。“要非常明确：我们将削减五角大楼预算，我们将阻止对伊朗的战争，我们将愿意切断对以色列的援助。”参议员蒂姆·凯恩（民主党-弗吉尼亚州）认为，国会必须运用财政大权，制止特朗普在国会多次试图约束他之后仍继续的军事行动。
“We have to be firmer on being an anti-war party,” Khanna told The Sun. “Be very clear that we’re going to cut the Pentagon budget, we’re going to stop the war in Iran, that we’re going to be willing to cut off aid for Israel.”Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) argued that Congress must use the power of the purse to stop military operations that Trump has continued despite repeated congressional efforts to rein him in.
“我们可以让总统决定：‘哇，整个政府都有了资金，但我真的想继续轰炸伊朗的学校和民用水利基础设施，所以我不给政府拨款，’”凯恩说。“那不是我们让政府关门。我们会为政府、为政府的合法部分提供资金，只是不为一场非法战争提供资金。”
“We can let the president decide if ‘Wow, all government is funded, but I really want to keep bombing schools and civilian water infrastructure in Iran, so I’m not going to fund the government,’” Kaine said. “It wouldn’t be us shutting the government down. We’ll be funding the government, the legal parts of government, just not an illegal war.”