共和党拨款议员称，他们可能会将联邦拨款与要求博物馆馆长强调美国例外论的条款挂钩
2026年8月7日 美国东部时间7:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
众议院共和党人威胁要削减史密森尼学会拨款，因其“觉醒派”历史叙事
众议院拨款委员会成员、佐治亚州共和党众议员安德鲁·克莱德暗示，国会可以利用其财政拨款权，迫使史密森尼学会改变其历史教学方式。
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众议院共和党人正威胁要削减史密森尼学会的联邦拨款，原因是共和党人对该博物馆系统展示美国历史的方式感到愤怒。
“史密森尼学会应对纳税人负责。因此，在某些方面削减他们的资金，或将拨款与相关要求绑定，我认为这可能是确保史密森尼学会回归其法定使命的最佳方式，”佐治亚州共和党众议员安德鲁·克莱德对福克斯新闻数字频道表示，“而这一使命就是如实讲述美国故事，讲述这个国家及其人民的例外主义。”
美国国会每年向史密森尼学会拨款约10亿美元，该学会旗下管理着21座博物馆和国家动物园。它同时也会获得私人捐赠资金。
但近几周来，共和党人对史密森尼学会的国家美国历史博物馆展开了猛烈抨击，指责其馆长长期以来对美国历史描绘过于批判性，呈现出“觉醒派”视角，却忽视了美国的成就。
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史密森尼学会国家美国历史博物馆被指控宣扬“觉醒派”版本的美国历史。（凯文·卡特/盖蒂图片社）
作为众议院拨款委员会成员——该委员会是国会山两个负责制定年度部分预算支出方案的委员会之一——克莱德暗示，利用立法部门的财政拨款权，可以迫使博物馆馆长改变现状。
“我们可以将拨款与具体要求挂钩，我认为这可能是最有效的方式——规定……‘你们必须强调美国的例外主义。你们必须彰显开国元勋们所做的好事。要知道，没有完美的国家，因为也没有完美的人。但我们是地球上最优秀的国家，’”克莱德说道。
另一位众议院拨款委员会成员、弗吉尼亚州共和党众议员本·克莱因对福克斯新闻数字频道表示：“史密森尼学会的职责是传授历史事实，而非将我们的国家置于觉醒意识形态的政治万花筒之下。”
观看：史密森尼馆长在爆炸性听证会后承认，她将历史视为“社会正义”的“工具”
“作为国会拨款委员，我们有责任确保纳税人的资金得到负责任的使用。如果史密森尼学会无法也不愿客观看待我们国家的历史，众议院共和党人将不得不采取行动，”克莱因说。
国家美国历史博物馆“娱乐国度”展区入口处播放的视频中，有衣着暴露的女性镜头和来自女权惊悚片《使女的故事》的片段。（罗伯特·施马德/福克斯新闻数字频道）
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普上月末签署了一项行政命令，指示内政部长道格·伯古姆利用现有渠道“恢复对史密森尼学会的信任”，包括在“联邦所有的人行道、步道和公共使用土地上设置临时展览或标识，以纠正博物馆中呈现的不准确信息”。
该问题于7月提交国会，当时得克萨斯州共和党众议员布兰登·吉尔牵头举行了一场听证会，共和党人在听证会上指责国家美国历史博物馆在种族、阶级、性别和性取向等问题上宣扬政治化议程，牺牲了准确的历史教学。
由威斯康星州共和党众议员布莱恩·斯蒂尔领导的众议院行政委员会也举行了类似听证会，审查史密森尼学会的历史教学内容。
特朗普下令在史密森尼博物馆外设置标识，围绕其美国历史描绘的争议升级
另一方面，民主党人指责共和党试图“洗白”历史上有争议的时刻，同时抹去该国少数群体的斗争和贡献。
“他们想要重写这个国家的历史，剥夺那些世代以来为国家战斗、游行和服务的人们的资源和话语权，”新墨西哥州民主党众议员梅兰妮·斯坦斯伯里在吉尔主持的听证会上表示，“我们拒绝让历史学家、艺术家、学者和全心全意热爱这些机构的人们，遭到试图行使……政治控制、重写美国历史的政府的惩罚。”
华盛顿特区史密森尼国家美国历史博物馆的“娱乐国度”展区。（彼得·达布罗萨/福克斯新闻数字频道）
参众两院都在推进2027财年的政府拨款提案，该财年将于10月1日开始。众议院的提案将向史密森尼学会拨款约9.61亿美元，较当前水平削减11%。
但两院仍需时日才能达成协议，众议院保守派仍有时间推动增设新的限制条款，甚至要求进一步削减拨款。
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Smithsonian’s taxpayer funds face chopping block as GOP demands accountability for ‘woke’ history
GOP appropriators say they could tie taxpayer dollars to requirements that museum curators highlight American exceptionalism
August 7, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
By Elizabeth Elkind
House Republican talks defunding Smithsonian over ‘woke’ history
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., a member of the House Appropriations Committee, suggested that one way to make the Smithsonian change its history teachings was through Congress’ power of the purse.
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House Republicans are threatening the Smithsonian’s federal funding amid GOP outrage over the museum system’s presentation of American history.
“The Smithsonian is accountable to the taxpayers. So defunding them in certain ways, or tying their funds to requirements, I think is probably the best way to ensure that we bring the Smithsonian back to its required mandate,” Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., told Fox News Digital. “And that is to tell the truth about the American story, and to tell about the exceptionalism of this country and its people.”
Congress allocates roughly $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to the Smithsonian Institution every year, which oversees 21 museums and the National Zoo. It also receives private funding.
But Republicans have heaped scrutiny in recent weeks on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, accusing its curators of long painting an overly critical and “woke” picture of the country’s past while ignoring its triumphs.
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is accused of perpetuating a “woke” version of U.S. history.(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
Clyde, who is on the House Appropriations Committee — which is one of two panels on Capitol Hill tasked with mapping out how Congress spends part of the yearly budget — suggested that using the legislative branch’s power of the purse could compel museum curators to change that.
“We can tie funding to specific requirements, and I think that might be the most effective way to go — saying that… ‘You have to highlight the exceptionalism. You have highlighted the good things that [the Founding Fathers have] done. You know, there’s no perfect country because there’s not a perfect person. But we are the best there is on the planet Earth,” Clyde said.
Another House Appropriations Committee member, Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told Fox News Digital, “The Smithsonian’s role is to teach historic facts, not to put our country under a political kaleidoscope of woke ideology.”
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“As Congressional Appropriators, it is our duty to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being used responsibly. If the Smithsonian is unable and unwilling to have an objective view of our Nation’s history, House Republicans will have to act,” Cline said.
A video playing at the entrance of the National Museum of American History’s Entertainment Nation exhibit features scantily clad women and a clip from the feminist thriller “The Handmaid’s Tale.”(Robert Schmad/Fox News Digital)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order late last month directing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to utilize existing avenues “to restore trust in the Smithsonian Institution,” including installing “temporary exhibits or signage on [federally owned] sidewalks, walkways, and land used by the public that corrects inaccurate information presented in the Museum.”
The issue came before Congress in July when Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, led a hearing where Republicans accused the National Museum of American History of promoting a politicized agenda on issues of race, class, gender and sexuality, at the expense of accurate teachings.
The Committee on House Administration, led by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., led a similar hearing scrutinizing the Smithsonian’s teachings.
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Democrats, on the other hand, have accused Republicans of trying to “whitewash” controversial moments in history while erasing the struggles and contributions of the country’s minority populations.
“They want to rewrite the history of this country and take away the resources and leadership of people who have fought, marched and served this country for generations,” Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., said during Gill’s hearing. “We refuse to let historians, artists, scholars, and people who love these institutions with their entire hearts to be punished by an administration that is trying to exercise…political control, and rewrite American history.”
The “Entertainment Nation” exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
The House and Senate are both working through proposals to fund the government for fiscal year (FY) 2027, which begins on Oct. 1. The House proposal would allocate roughly $961 million to the Smithsonian Institution, an 11% reduction from the current level.
But there’s still a long way to go before both chambers strike a deal, with time for House conservatives to push for new guardrails or even less funding.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the House Appropriations Committee for comment.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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