参议员克里斯·范霍伦（民主党-马里兰州）周五表示，他希望废除阻挠议事规则，并排除了2028年竞选总统的可能性。范霍伦正在挑战参议员查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州），争取成为下一任参议院多数党领袖。
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who is challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to be the next Senate majority leader, said on Friday that he wants to abolish the filibuster and ruled out a potential presidential run in 2028. Van Hollen, speaking to reporters at the What’s Next conference in Denver, argued that legislation should pass the Senate with simple-majority votes and that the filibuster, which requires senators to muster 60 votes to pass most legislation, is “undemocratic.”
范霍伦在丹佛举行的“What’s Next”会议上对记者辩称，立法应以简单多数票通过参议院，而要求参议员凑齐60票才能通过大多数立法的阻挠议事规则是“非民主的”。
“My personal opinion is that we need democracy in the United States Senate and that means allowing ultimately a majority of senators to answer the call of the American people, so that means 51 votes,” Van Hollen said.
范霍伦说：“我个人的观点是，我们需要美国参议院的民主，这意味着最终允许多数参议员回应美国人民的呼声，所以这意味着51票。”“我个人一贯的观点是，阻挠议事规则是一项反民主的——小写‘d’——条款。它不在我们的宪法中。是参议员们把它加进去的，以增强他们相对于人民权力的权力。”他补充道。
“My personal view has been all along that the filibuster is an anti-democratic — small “d” — provision. It’s not in our Constitution. It was put in there by senators to enhance their power over the power of the people,” he added. “My view is we need to have a system where you have lots of debate, lots of debate, but at the end of the day, a majority reflecting the will of the people should be able to hold a view on an important measure,” he said.
他说：“我的观点是，我们需要一个制度，在那里你可以进行大量辩论、大量辩论，但归根结底，反映人民意愿的多数派应该能够就一项重要措施进行表决。”“我认为这是一个我们需要与党团讨论的问题。”
“This is an issue that I think we need to talk to the caucus about.”Van Hollen said filibuster reform is especially important to pass what he called “democracy protection measures” to protect voting rights.
范霍伦表示，阻挠议事规则改革对于通过他所谓的“民主保护措施”以保护投票权尤为重要。
The Maryland senator, who formally announced Thursday his plan to challenge Schumer in a leadership race next month, also said he’s no longer considering a run for president in 2028.
这位马里兰州参议员周四正式宣布计划在下个月的领导层竞选中挑战舒默，他还表示不再考虑2028年竞选总统。他宣称：“我不会在2028年参选。”
“I’m not running in 2028,” he declared. Van Hollen told the Hill Nation Summit in July that he was actively exploring a presidential bid.
范霍伦在7月的“国会山国家峰会”上曾表示，他正在积极探索竞选总统的可能性。他在6月和9月访问了新罕布什尔州，这是一个重要的总统初选早期州。
He visited New Hampshire, an important early presidential primary state, in June and September. The debate over the future of the Senate filibuster has divided Senate Democrats.
关于参议院阻挠议事规则未来的辩论在参议院民主党人中产生了分歧。
Most Senate Democrats voted for a carve-out of the Senate’s filibuster rule in January of 2022 to advance a democracy reform package that would establish voting protections for minority voters and put in place new campaign finance regulations.
2022年1月，大多数参议院民主党人投票支持修改参议院冗长辩论规则，以推进一项民主改革方案，该方案将为少数族裔选民建立投票保护并实施新的竞选资金监管。由于中间派参议员乔·曼钦（民主党-西弗吉尼亚州）和克尔斯滕·西内马（民主党-亚利桑那州）投票反对削弱冗长辩论规则，该努力宣告失败。这两位议员此后均已离开参议院。
The effort failed because centrist Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kirsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) voted against weakening the filibuster rule. Both lawmakers have since left the Senate.
范霍伦近五年前曾投票支持冗长辩论改革，舒默也曾支持该举措。但舒默尚未表态，一旦民主党明年控制参议院并拥有至少55个席位的多数优势，他是否会支持取消大多数法案的60票门槛。
Van Hollen voted for filibuster reform nearly five years ago and Schumer backed it as well. But Schumer hasn’t said whether the would support scrapping the 60-vote threshold for most bills once Democrats seize control of the Senate next year with at least a 55-seat majority.