早上好。在民主党人在中期选举中掀起历史性“蓝色浪潮”整整一周后，他们中的一群人 a) 陷入交通堵塞；b) 有其他安排；c) 没搞清怎么计票，搞砸了一个弹劾国防部长皮特·赫格塞思的机会。
Good morning. One week after Democrats pulled off a historic blue wave in the midterm elections, a bunch of them a) got stuck in traffic; b) had other appointments; c) didn’t realize how to count and botched an opportunity to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
周二有 11 名民主党议员缺席点名表决，导致针对赫格塞思的弹劾程序实际上落空。如果这 11 人到场且全都投赞成票推进弹劾，赫格塞思有可能成为美国历史上第三位面临此命运的内阁成员。
Eleven Democrats missed a roll-call vote Tuesday, which allowed the impeachment proceedings against Hegseth to essentially vanish. If those 11 had shown up and all voted to proceed with impeachment, it’s possible Hegseth would be the third cabinet member in U.S. history to face such a fate.
一些民主党人怒不可遏。其他民主党人则迅速找借口解释为何没能及时投票。
Some Democrats were livid. Other Democrats were quick to offer excuses about why they weren’t so quick to vote.
（周三，赫格塞思所在的一个团体在阿灵顿国家公墓无名烈士墓前被一名卫兵训斥，要求表现出敬意。）欢迎来到 2026 年的“跛脚鸭”国会，这里未来可能充满“本可以、本该、早该如此”的遗憾，却鲜有实质立法产出。
(On Wednesday, a group Hegseth was in was reprimanded by a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and told to show respect.) Welcome to the lame-duck Congress of 2026, where there will likely be a lot of woulda, coulda, shoulda, and not a lot of actual legislating.
民主党人大体上度过了愉快的一周。许多新当选议员（要到 1 月才宣誓就职）来到华盛顿参加迎新、自拍、午餐和握手寒暄。但本周留任的现任议员们没怎么做的一件事是，嗯，按时投票。
Democrats for the most part had a jovial week. A lot of the newly elected members (who won’t be sworn in until January) came to town for orientation and selfies and lunches and glad-handing. What the lawmakers who are still in Congress didn’t do a lot of this week though was, well, vote on time.
这只是个小小的无心插曲，还是众议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯（民主党-纽约州）“放任自流”式领导风格未来表现的前兆？
Is this just a little innocent hiccup or a sign of what’s to come in the “laissez faire” leadership of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.)?
人们很容易说：“要是南希·佩洛西在任，这绝不会发生”，可事实上，即将在本届任期结束后退休的佩洛西，正是那 11 名周二晚缺席投票的议员之一。
It might be easy to say, “This never would have happened under Nancy Pelosi,” except for the fact that Pelosi, who is retiring after this term, is one of the 11 members who missed the Tuesday night vote. People and Policies I’m Watching
斯科特·科洛姆：这位民主党人将成为内战后重建时期以来该州首位黑人参议员。特朗普的周四：总统将举行政策会议并录制几场访谈。我正在关注的事（汤姆·布伦纳/新闻联合采访组 摄）万斯考虑与伊朗安全事务负责人直接会谈。副总统正将自己定位为华盛顿在伊朗战争问题上的首席谈判代表。10月，他致信伊朗最高安全机构强硬派秘书穆赫辛·礼萨伊，请求会面。日期尚未确定，但副总统与伊朗最高安全官员的直接会面将显示万斯为试图结束战争所愿付出的努力程度。
Jensen Huang: U.S. officials have repeatedly raised concerns about his influence with President Trump and the Nvidia CEO’s posture toward China. Scott Colom: The Democrat will become the first Black senator from the state since the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Trump’s Thursday: The president will hold policy meetings and tape a couple of interviews. What I’m Following (Tom Brenner/Press Pool) JD Vance considers direct talks with Iran’s security chief. The vice president is positioning himself as Washington’s lead negotiator over the Iran war. In October, he wrote to Mohsen Rezaei, the hard-line secretary of Iran’s top security body, asking for a meeting. No date has been set, but a direct meeting between the vice president and top Iranian security officials would show the lengths Vance is willing to go to try to end the war.
资助小肯尼迪航班的捐赠者也在游艇上款待了他。这位卫生部长乘坐其友人加文·德贝克尔拥有的豪华游艇在希腊周边航行，这是2025年假期行程的一部分，其中包含4.5万美元机票费。游艇行程未在道德申报中披露。参议院民主党人表示，他们将就德贝克尔向肯尼迪赠送礼物一事展开调查，我们今年早些时候曾对此进行过报道。
The donor who funded RFK Jr.’s flights also hosted him on his yacht. The health secretary sailed around Greece aboard a luxury yacht owned by his friend Gavin de Becker, part of a 2025 vacation that included $45,000 in airfare. The yacht trips weren’t disclosed in ethics filings. Senate Democrats say they are opening a probe into de Becker’s gifts to Kennedy which we reported earlier this year.
民主党人意在搁置特朗普的战舰计划。在中选举获胜后，议员们将矛头指向总统的宠儿国防项目。民主党人计划削减特朗普政府部分国防优先事项，包括“特朗普级”军舰、国防部更名，以及“金穹顶”——一个环绕全国的导弹和无人机防御盾。其他动态“我们需要的痛打一顿”：一些共和党人欢迎该党在中选举中惨败，视其为重整旗鼓的机会。
Democrats aim to sink Trump’s battleship plans. Fresh from wins in the midterm elections, lawmakers are taking aim at the president’s pet defense projects. Democrats are planning to pare back some of the Trump administration’s defense priorities, including the “Trump-class” warships, the renaming of the Defense Department, and the “Golden Dome,” a missile-and-drone shield around the country. What Else Is Happening “The ass-kicking we needed”: Some Republicans welcomed the party’s midterms drubbing as an opportunity for a reset.
财政部长斯科特·贝森特在收到伊朗威胁后已搬至军事基地。白宫就下届国会的调查向民主党人发出警告。我正在阅读的文章胜选民主党人准备对党内成员进行巴勒斯坦问题“纯洁性测试”大清洗（《华盛顿观察家报》）科罗拉多州民主党人宣布战胜劳伦·博伯特（《丹佛邮报》）反以色列活动人士在拜登访爱尔兰期间向其投掷物品（《纽约邮报》）关于我我是达米安·帕莱塔，《华尔街日报》华盛顿报道主管。
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved to a military base after receiving threats from Iran. The White House warned Democrats over investigations in the next Congress. What I’m Reading Victorious Democrats Prepare for a Palestinian Purity-Test Purge of Members (Washington Examiner) Colorado Democrat Declares Victory Over Lauren Boebert (Denver Post) Anti-Israel Activists Hurl Objects at the Bidens During Ireland Visit (New York Post)
作为记者和编辑，我报道华盛顿已有22年。我曾报道白宫、国会、国家安全、联邦预算、经济以及多次市场崩盘。
About Me I’m Damian Paletta, The Wall Street Journal’s Washington coverage chief. I’ve covered Washington for 22 years as a reporter and editor. I’ve covered the White House, Congress, national security, the federal budget, economics and multiple market meltdowns.