2026-09-01T18:07:03.39Z / 路透社
华盛顿，9月1日（路透社）——美国众议院周二以压倒性优势通过法案，使联邦机构能够在10月1日现有资金到期、新财年开始后继续运作。
众议院以370票对48票的投票结果通过了将当前支出期限延长至12月11日的法案，并已将其送交总统唐纳德·特朗普签署成为法律。参议院已于8月8日通过该法案。
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这项临时法案实属必要，因为截至目前，国会尚未完成为2026年10月1日至2027年9月30日整个财年政府项目提供资金的12项拨款法案中的任何一项。这些项目涵盖国土安全、联邦执法、能源、住房以及国防等领域。
自特朗普第二任期开始以来，国会一直深陷掌控国会的共和党与众议院、参议院民主党少数派之间尤为激烈的争斗。
双方就医疗保险补贴以及对联邦移民官员执法权的监管展开争执，导致三次部分政府停摆，累计时长达到前所未有的161天。
这一次，共和党和民主党都不希望第四次政府停摆影响他们的连任竞选，此举可能激怒已经对食品和住房价格高企、美国对伊朗开战以及严重打击农民的外国商品关税感到愤怒的选民。
在辩论这项被称为“持续拨款决议”的临时 funding 法案时，众议院拨款委员会主席、来自俄克拉荷马州的汤姆·科尔强调了其政治敏感性。
科尔在谈及推动该法案的努力时表示：“这将为国会争取到时间，避开11月的选举。”
拨款委员会资深民主党议员、来自康涅狄格州的罗莎·德莱奥罗认为，这项法案是国会重新夺回其宪法赋予的拨款权力的一步。此前，特朗普政府自2025年初以来采取了一系列单边行动，包括大幅削减联邦机构预算，甚至撤销了美国国际开发署（USAID）。
“财政大权掌握在国会手中，这是我们独有的责任，”德莱奥罗说道，并补充道，“行使这项权力的第一步就是在今天通过这项法案。”
然而，这项临时拨款法案未能解决美国任何重大财政问题。上个月美国国债突破40万亿美元大关，而华盛顿也未能解决选民最关心的负担能力问题。
此外，该法案将支出优先级的决策推迟了另外15周，国会在12月将面临制定并通过12项全年拨款法案的艰巨任务。
11月3日的国会选举结果——国会政党控制权岌岌可危——将成为两党在这些谈判中谁占上风的主要因素。
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US House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown before midterm elections
2026-09-01T18:07:03.39Z / Reuters
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WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to keep federal agencies operating beyond October 1 when existing funds are due to expire with the start of the new fiscal year.
By a vote of 370-48, the House passed the extension of current spending through December 11 and sent it to President Donald Trump for signing into law. The Senate passed the measure on August 8.
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The temporary measure was needed because Congress so far has failed to finish work on any of the 12 spending bills that fund government programs for the full fiscal year that runs from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. Those programs range from homeland security and federal law enforcement to energy, housing and defense.
Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, Congress has been consumed by particularly contentious fights between Republicans who control Congress and the Democratic minority in the House and Senate.
The result has been three partial government shutdowns, totaling an unprecedented 161 days, as the two parties fought over health insurance subsidies and checks on federal immigration officers’ enforcement powers.
This time, neither Republicans nor Democrats wanted a fourth shutdown hanging over them as they run for re-election, potentially enraging voters who already are angry about the high price of food and housing, the U.S. war against Iran and tariffs on foreign goods that have hit farmers particularly hard.
During debate of the temporary funding bill known as a “continuing resolution,” House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole of Oklahoma underscored the political sensitivities.
“This will give Congress time to get past the November elections,” Cole said, referring to the effort to pass the bill.
Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the senior Democrat on the appropriations panel, argued that this bill was a move toward Congress reclaiming its constitutional power over spending. That, after the Trump administration since early 2025 took a series of unilateral actions, including severe cuts to federal agencies and even the elimination of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
“The power of the purse resides within the Congress. It is our exclusive responsibility,” DeLauro said, adding, “The first step in exercising that authority is passing this bill today.”
However, this stopgap bill fails to address any of the country’s major fiscal problems as its national debt crossed the $40 trillion threshold last month and Washington has failed to address voters’ top concern of affordability.
Furthermore, with the legislation delaying decision-making on spending priorities for another 15 weeks, Congress in December faces a potentially arduous task of writing and passing the 12 full-year spending bills.
The results of the November 3 congressional elections – with party control over Congress at stake – will be a major factor in whether Republicans or Democrats have the upper hand in those negotiations.
Reporting by Richard Cowan in Washington; Editing by Michael Learmonth and Daniel Wallis
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