2026年8月6日 / 美国东部时间下午2:07 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿讯 —— 参议院正寻求达成协议，加快多项优先议题的审议进程，但在政府拨款、确认托德·布兰奇出任司法部长等一系列悬而未决的问题尚未解决的情况下，参议院仍无法进入八月休会期。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩周四对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示：“还有大量堆积如山的事务需要处理，我们将看看民主党方面有多少合作意愿，以便我们能以多快的速度处理其中一些事项。但毫无疑问，有些事务我们必须推进。”
待处理清单包括一项在中期选举后继续维持政府运转的持续决议案、一份包含数十名行政部门提名人选的提名名单、一项俄罗斯制裁法案、一项两党共同提出的大学体育法案，以及布兰奇的确认投票。
图恩本周早些时候已就多项优先议题安排了投票程序。但议员们需要全体100名参议员的支持才能加快审议进程。图恩此前表示，他打算让参议院留任，直到他们完成大部分待办事项。这些未完成的事务可能会推迟参议员们为期五周的八月休会期的开始时间。
2026年8月6日，参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩在华盛顿特区国会山接受媒体采访。格拉姆·斯隆 / 彭博社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄
这位南达科他州共和党议员本周早些时候表示：“我希望能够尽可能多地完成事务，因为我完全清楚，当我们9月返回国会时，距离选举日已经只剩一场疯狂的冲刺。”
图恩的发言人表示，如果无法达成协议，参议院的议事日程将“拖延至下周晚些时候”。但目前仍存在多个棘手的障碍——其中甚至包括共和党内部的分歧。
参议院共和党议员仍在试图化解本党团内部对持续决议案的担忧，其中一项条款尤其令人头疼。北卡罗来纳州参议员特德·巴德试图删除推迟部分大麻制品禁令的措辞，理由是担心未成年人吸食大麻。
与此同时，布兰奇能否获得参议院多数票支持获得确认仍不明朗。缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯本周早些时候宣布，她将投票反对布兰奇的提名。由于参议员米奇·麦康奈尔长期缺席，共和党议员最多只能再损失一名本党议员。而向来愿意脱离本党立场的阿拉斯加州参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基和路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪均未透露他们的投票意向。如果共和党议员团结起来支持布兰奇的提名，情况将变得更加复杂：民主党方面可能不愿加快审议进程，因为他们反对布兰奇出任司法部长。
此外，参议院还面临如何推进众议院通过的预算决议的问题，该决议已被白宫列为首要任务之一。这项决议是启动和解程序的第一步，旨在无需民主党支持即可为国防部和农业援助获批拨款。该推动方案还包含了一项名为《SAVE美国法案》的选举法规法案的部分内容，总统曾多次敦促国会批准该法案。
图恩表示，目前尚不清楚他所在的党团对预算决议的支持情况，第三项和解方案的前进道路也最多只能说是模糊不清。但由于总统近日呼吁参议院留在华盛顿，直到他们通过预算决议或就《SAVE美国法案》采取行动，同时部分共和党议员威胁将阻挠参议院休会，参议院共和党领导人一直在考虑前进路径。
图恩表示：“这项工作仍在推进中。”
Senate eyes deal to leave for recess as agenda items pile up
August 6, 2026 / 2:07 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The Senate is searching for a deal to speed up consideration of a number of priorities as a handful of outstanding issues, including on funding the government and confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general, stand between them and their August recess.
“There’s still a lot of stuff that’s piled up, trying to get through,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told CBS News on Thursday. “So we’ll see again how much cooperation we have from Democrats on how quickly we can process some of these things. But there are some things we have to move, for sure.”
That list includes a continuing resolution to keep the government funded beyond the midterm elections, a package of dozens of executive branch nominees, a Russia sanctions bill, a bipartisan college athletics measure and Blanche’s confirmation vote.
Thune took steps to tee up votes on a number of the priorities earlier this week. But leaders would need the support of all 100 senators to agree to speed up consideration. And Thune has indicated that he intends to keep the chamber in town until they clear the bulk of the to-do list. The outstanding business is threatening to delay the start of senators’ five-week August recess.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6, 2026. Graeme Sloan / Bloomberg via Getty Images
“I would like to be able to get as much business done as we can, knowing full well that when we get back here in September, it’s going to be a mad rush to Election Day,” the South Dakota Republican said earlier this week.
Without a deal, a spokesperson for Thune said the agenda would take the Senate “well into next week.” But a number of sticking points appeared to remain — including among Republicans.
The Senate GOP is still looking to clear concern from within their conference on the continuing resolution, with one provision in particular causing headaches. Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina is seeking to strip language delaying a ban on some hemp products, citing concern about cannabis consumption among minors.
Meanwhile, questions remain about whether Blanche can secure support from a majority of the chamber to be confirmed. GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced she will vote against Blanche earlier this week. With Sen. Mitch McConnell’s prolonged absence, Republicans can only afford to lose one more of their members. And both Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who have been willing to break with their party, have not said how they intend to vote. Adding to the complexity if Republicans do coalesce behind his confirmation is the fact that Democrats may not be willing to speed up the process, given their opposition to Blanche as attorney general.
There is also the question of how the Senate will proceed on a House-passed budget resolution that the White House has made among its top priorities. The resolution is the first step in kickstarting a reconciliation process aimed at approving funds for the Pentagon and farm aid without support from Democrats. The push also includes some elements of a voting regulations bill known as the SAVE America Act that the president has repeatedly pressured Congress to approve.
Thune has said that support for the budget resolution in his conference remains unclear, and the path forward on a third reconciliation package is murky at best. But with the president calling in recent days for the Senate to remain in Washington until they adopt the budget resolution or take action on the SAVE America Act, and threats from some GOP members that they will block the chamber from adjourning, Senate GOP leaders have been considering the path forward.
“It’s still a work in progress,” Thune said.
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