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记者：凯特琳·伊利克 政治报道记者
凯特琳·伊利克是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网驻华盛顿特区政治报道记者。她曾供职于《华盛顿考察家报》和《国会山报》，并曾入选2022年美国国家新闻基金会保罗·米勒华盛顿报道奖学金项目。
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华盛顿讯——众议院将于周一结束为期五周的休会返回国会，首要议事日程便是通过一项短期拨款法案，以避免政府停摆。
若无法达成协议，政府拨款将在9月30日到期，而议员们计划再放一周劳动节假期。
众议院于7月通过了共和党主导的一项法案，将政府拨款期限延后至11月中期选举之后。不过这项将当前拨款水平维持至12月4日的众议院版本法案在参议院遭遇了阻力。
参议院随后于8月初通过了一项两党合作法案，将政府拨款期限延长至12月11日。参议院版本法案包含一项条款，将封堵民主党所称的特朗普政府可向边境巡逻队转移资金的漏洞。该法案还包含一项条款，将暂时阻止政治任命官员取消联邦拨款。
这些条款可能有助于争取众议院民主党议员对该拨款过渡法案的支持。7月时仅有6名民主党议员跨党派投票支持众议院版本法案，原因是该法案未削减边境巡逻队的拨款。众议院拨款委员会最高民主党议员、来自康涅狄格州的众议员罗莎·德拉罗认为，未封堵该漏洞将允许特朗普政府将原本划拨给美国海关与边境保护局其他部门的资金转移给边境巡逻队。民主党一直反对为该机构增加拨款，理由是特朗普政府的驱逐出境和移民政策。
众议院共和党领导人计划加快投票进程，这将需要大量民主党议员支持才能达到三分之二多数通过的门槛。
众议院议员的伦理争议
此次众议院复会，是众议院道德委员会披露正在调查相关议员以来，议员们首次返回国会山。该委员会正在调查俄亥俄州共和党众议员马克斯·米勒涉嫌家庭暴力和吸毒行为，以及加利福尼亚州民主党众议员吉米·戈麦斯涉嫌性不当行为。两名议员均否认针对他们的指控。
两党组成的道德委员会还建议谴责北卡罗来纳州共和党众议员查克·爱德华兹，调查结论认定他“对两名年轻女性职员持续采取不专业且不当的行为”。委员会同时指出，未发现爱德华兹“与受雇员工发生性关系或明确提出性要求”的证据。
尽管爱德华兹的竞选团队称，委员会的调查结论根据众议院规则“完全洗脱了”他的嫌疑，但这名北卡罗来纳州共和党人已于数日后退出连任竞选。
众议院最快将于本周就谴责爱德华兹的决议进行投票。
谴责社会主义的投票
共和党还计划就一项决议进行投票，该决议将“以一切形式”谴责社会主义。
此次程序性投票正值选民在民主党初选中支持多名民主社会主义候选人之际。众议院议长迈克·约翰逊上周在得州竞选活动中警告称，“社会主义是通往毁灭之路”。
这名路易斯安那州共和党议员表示：“他们不明白，社会主义是通往共产主义的台阶。”
这份长达四页的决议提及佐赫兰·曼达尼在纽约市市长选举中的胜利，以及其他隶属于美国民主社会主义者组织并参选公职的候选人。
该法案还重申支持特朗普总统的选举监管立法《拯救美国法案》，该法案长期以来在参议院停滞不前。
共和党优势收窄
民主党议员团预计将在未来几日新增两名成员，填补加利福尼亚州民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃韦尔和佐治亚州民主党众议员戴维·斯科特留下的席位空缺。
斯沃韦尔于4月辞职，此前他被指控性侵，这也导致他竞选加利福尼亚州州长的计划泡汤。约一周后，斯科特去世，留下另一个席位空缺。
艾莎·瓦哈在8月18日的特别选举中胜出，将完成斯沃韦尔剩余的任期。埃弗顿·布莱尔在8月25日的特别选举中获胜，将接任斯科特剩余的任期。
两名新议员宣誓就职后，民主党将拥有214个席位，共和党团则为219个席位，共和党在众议院的多数优势将缩小至两票。
House returns with vote expected on Senate bill to prevent government shutdown
August 31, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter
Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
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Washington — The House returns Monday from its five-week recess, with approving a short-term funding bill to head off a government shutdown topping its to-do list.
Funding is set to lapse Sept. 30 without a deal, and lawmakers are planning to take another weeklong break for Labor Day.
In July, the House passed a GOP-led bill to punt government funding past the November midterm elections. But the House measure, which would have extended funding at current levels until Dec. 4, met resistance in the Senate.
The upper chamber instead approved a bipartisan measure in early August to fund the government until Dec. 11. The Senate version includes a provision that would close a loophole that Democrats said allowed the Trump administration to transfer funds to Border Patrol. It also includes language that would temporarily prevent political appointees from canceling federal grants.
The provisions could help bolster Democratic votes in the House for a funding patch. Only six Democrats crossed party lines in July because the measure failed to zero out funding for Border Patrol. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, argued that the provision’s exclusion would allow the Trump administration to move funds allotted to the rest of Customs and Border Protection to the agency. Democrats have opposed additional funding for the agency, citing the Trump administration’s deportation and immigration policies.
House GOP leaders plan to fast-track a vote, which would require significant Democratic support to meet the two-thirds majority threshold for passage.
House members’ ethics woes
The House’s return marks the first time that members will be back on Capitol Hill since the House Ethics Committee disclosed it was investigating GOP Rep. Max Miller of Ohio for alleged domestic violence and drug use and Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California for alleged sexual misconduct. Both lawmakers have denied the allegations against them.
The bipartisan Ethics Committee also recommended that GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina be censured after its investigation concluded that he engaged in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.” The panel noted it found no evidence that Edwards “engaged in sexual activity with or explicitly propositioned any individual under his employ.”
Though his campaign said the committee’s findings “completely exonerate” Edwards under House rules, the North Carolina Republican ended his reelection bid days later.
The House could vote as soon as this week on a censure resolution reprimanding Edwards.
Vote to denounce socialism
Republicans are also planning a vote on a resolution that condemns and denounces socialism “in all its forms.”
The messaging vote comes as voters have embraced a number of democratic socialist candidates in the Democratic primaries. While campaigning in Texas last week, House Speaker Mike Johnson warned that “socialism is a road to ruin.”
“They don’t understand that socialism is a step to get to communism,” the Louisiana Republican said.
The four-page resolution references Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral election and other candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America who have run for public office.
The measure also reaffirms support for President Trump’s voting regulations legislation, the SAVE America Act, which has been long stalled in the Senate.
GOP’s margin to narrow
The Democratic caucus is expected to gain two new members in the coming days to fill the vacancies left by Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell of California and David Scott of Georgia.
Swalwell resigned in April after he was accused of sexual assault, which also imploded his campaign for California governor. Scott died about a week later, leaving another vacancy.
Aisha Wahab won an Aug. 18 special election to serve out the remainder of Swalwell’s term. Everton Blair won a special election on Aug. 25 for the rest of Scott’s term.
Democrats will have 214 seats once they’re sworn in, with 219 seats held by Republican caucus members, narrowing the GOP’s margin to two votes.
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