美国众议院民主党议员正在推动修改一项全面的能源许可改革法案，但部分同僚主张等到明年掌控国会后再行动。
Democratic lawmakers in the US House of Representatives are working on changes to a sweeping energy permitting overhaul bill, but some of their colleagues want to wait until they take control of Congress next year.
美国参议院上周以73票赞成、25票反对通过动议，开始辩论《两党美国可负担与就业法案》。这项影响深远的措施将简化发电厂、输电线路、矿山及其他项目的审批流程，同时要求大型数据中心承担更多为其服务所需的电网升级成本。
The US Senate voted 73-25 last week to begin debate on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a far-reaching measure that would streamline approvals for power plants, transmission lines, mines and other projects while requiring large data centers to shoulder more of the costs of grid upgrades needed to serve them.
中期选举结果使民主党明年将在参众两院均占多数，该立法因而暴露出民主党内部及环保团体的分歧。
The legislation has exposed divisions among Democrats and environmental groups after midterm election results gave the Democratic Party majorities in both chambers of Congress next year.
部分民主党人主张等到1月接管国会后，再推动一个在限制化石燃料开发方面力度更大的雄心勃勃的方案。
Some Democrats have argued for waiting until they take over in January so they can pursue an ambitious package that does more to limit fossil fuel development.
另一些人则认为，国会应利用当前参议院正在推进的两党共识，特别是因为唐纳德·特朗普总统已表示将签署该法案。
Others say Congress should capitalize on the current bipartisan agreement moving through the Senate, particularly because President Donald Trump has indicated he would sign the measure.
“目前正在幕后做大量工作以完善法案，”佛罗里达州民主党联邦众议员凯西·卡斯托在土耳其安塔利亚举行的第31届联合国气候变化大会（COP31）间隙对路透社表示。
"There's a lot of work behind the scenes right now to improve it," US Representative Kathy Castor, a Florida Democrat, told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.
卡斯托说，她和其他众议院民主党议员专注于修订涉及联邦《清洁水法》和《濒危物种法》的条款，而非等到明年。她未具体说明寻求何种修改，但此前部分民主党议员曾表达担忧，认为参议院版本削弱了项目获批前征求公众意见的某些要求。
Castor said she and other House Democrats are focused on revising provisions affecting the federal Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act rather than waiting for next year. She did not specify what changes they are seeking, but some Democratic lawmakers previously have expressed concerns that the Senate bill weakens some requirements for public input before projects are approved.
她称赞法案中已有的旨在扩大输电容量、并入更多清洁能源、支持社区太阳能项目，以及针对快速增长的数据中心需求建立保护措施的条款。
She praised measures already in the bill aimed at expanding transmission capacity, integrating more clean energy onto the grid, supporting community solar and establishing protections related to rapidly growing data center demand.
美国参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯（Sheldon Whitehouse），罗德岛州民主党人，作为该法案的主要谈判代表之一，在安塔利亚告诉记者，他已从众议院同僚那里收到“良好信号”，表明如果该立法在未来几周内通过参议院，可能达成妥协。
US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, who is one of the bill's lead negotiators, told reporters in Antalya that he has received "good signals" from House colleagues that a compromise could be reached if the legislation clears the Senate in the coming weeks.
“我确实认为，众议院能否成功取决于总统持续的支持……以及大量支持该法案的民主党人的支持，”怀特豪斯说。
"I do think that success in the House depends on the continued support from the president ... and from a significant number of Democrats who support the bill," Whitehouse said.
虽然该措施获得了特朗普、有组织劳工团体和部分清洁能源行业的支持，但一些主张等到明年的民主党人表示，选民既想要负担得起的能源，也想要更强有力的保障措施，以规范数据中心的扩张以及为其供电所需的基础设施建设。
While the measure has attracted support from Trump, organized labor and parts of the clean-energy industry, some Democrats who favor waiting until next year say that voters want both affordable energy and stronger safeguards to shape the expansion of data centers and the infrastructure needed to power them.
“许多参议员和众议员是由选民派来专门处理这一问题的，”美国众议员维罗尼卡·埃斯科巴尔（Veronica Escobar），得克萨斯州民主党人，对路透社表示。“并不是说如果我们现在不通过什么，将来就永远无法完成了。”
"Many of these senators and members of the House of Representatives were sent here by their voters to work on this very issue," US Representative Veronica Escobar, a Texas Democrat, told Reuters. "It's not like if we don't pass something now, it won't ever get done."