众议院民主党人几乎可以确定将在下周选举众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯为其议长指定人选。
House Democrats are all but certain to elect House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as their speaker designate next week.
不过，仍可能出现一些波折，因为进步派活动人士呼吁马萨诸塞州民主党籍众议员阿亚娜·普雷斯利对杰弗里斯发起挑战。
There could still be some turbulence, though, with progressive activists calling for Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., to launch a bid against Jeffries.
普雷斯利的发言人里卡多·桑切斯表示，她“正在与杰弗里斯领袖积极对话，探讨如何利用这一多数党地位、把握当下时机、为民众兑现承诺。她知晓并感激来自其选区和全国各地民众的强烈支持声浪，大家都在推崇她的领导力。”大多数民主党人不认为普雷斯利会真的在下周的领导层选举前发起竞选。据知情人士透露，她私下曾向其他议员表示对参选不感兴趣，也没有通过向其他议员试探支持度来为竞选打基础。
Ricardo Sanchez, a Pressley spokesperson, said she was in “active conversations with Leader Jeffries about how to leverage this majority, meet the moment, and deliver for the people. She is aware of and appreciates the groundswell of support from people in her district and across the country lifting up her leadership.”Most Democrats don’t believe Pressley will actually launch a bid ahead of next week’s leadership elections. She’s privately denied interest in running to other lawmakers, according to people familiar with her comments, and she hasn’t laid the groundwork for a bid by sounding out support from other lawmakers.
随着党派即将迎来数十年来最大的多数派优势，年轻议员们为权力和影响力角逐，众议院民主党人正面临酝酿中的内部斗争。一旦领导层名单敲定，党团将权衡重大变革，如实施任期限制、调整委员会领导人、就有争议的政策议题成立专项委员会等。
House Democrats are staring down brewing fights as younger lawmakers jostle for power and influence ahead of the party assuming its largest majority in decades. Once their leadership slate is set, the caucus will weigh major changes like implementing term limits, shaking up panel leaders, and standing up select committees on controversial policy issues.
佛蒙特州民主党籍众议员贝卡·巴林特表示：“我们可以争论任期限制应定为几届，但我认为时机成熟——随着这么多新议员加入党团——应当设定一些限制。”杰弗里斯周五在“下一步”会议上表示，关于任期限制的讨论是“应当进行的正确对话”。俄勒冈州民主党籍众议员贾内尔·拜纳姆今日早些时候发起行动，旨在改变小组委员会领导职位的资历制度。
“We can have the fight about how many terms should be the limit, but I think the time is right — with all these new members coming into the caucus — to set some limits,” said Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt. At the “What’s Next” conference on Friday, Jeffries said discussion about term limits was the “right conversation to have.”And Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., launched an effort this morning to change the seniority system for subcommittee leadership positions.
杰弗里斯和民主党领袖可能面临一批新成员的涌入，他们在根据资历选拔领袖方面，不那么受党团传统的约束。“我认为，民主党党团确保这批规模大、充满活力的新成员的声音能在决策桌上得到体现，将非常重要。总的来说，我认为，当我们允许新视角和更多新生力量介入时，我们作为一个政党和一个国会会更健康，”当选众议员卢克·布罗宁说，他是在击败一位资深民主党现任议员后当选的。
Jeffries and Democratic leaders could face an influx of new members who aren’t as beholden to caucus traditions when it comes to picking leaders based on seniority. “I think it’s going to be important for the Democratic Caucus to make sure that the voices of this large, energetic, new class of members are included at the table, and in general, I think we, as a party and as a Congress, are healthier when we allow for new perspectives and more renewal,” said Rep.-elect Luke Bronin, who’s coming to office after unseating a longtime Democratic incumbent.
民主党人还在权衡涉华专项小组的未来，以及是否成立一个关于人工智能的专项委员会。一些民主党人主张改革涉华委员会，维持现状，或彻底终止其运作。与杰弗里斯关系密切的众议院外交委员会民主党首席议员格雷格·米克斯（民主党-纽约州）主张将涉华委员会并入其负责的委员会，并单独成立一个隶属外交委员会的、专门处理人工智能和芯片事务的小组委员会。此举可能引发与其他实力强劲的委员会领袖的地盘之争。
Democrats are also weighing the future of the select panel on China and whether to stand up a select committee on AI. Some Democrats have argued for changing the China committee, keeping it as is, or sunsetting it altogether. Top House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrat Rep. Greg Meeks, D-N.Y., who is close to Jeffries, has advocated for folding the China committee into his panel, and for standing up a separate Foreign Affairs subpanel on AI and chips. Doing so could set off a turf war with other powerful committee leaders.