《银河系漫游指南》（注：此处为原文标题双关，直译应为《马西指南》，结合原文背景译为《马西称约翰逊提前解散众议院以阻止对赫格斯西的弹劾》）
2026-09-16T16:33:30-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
众议员托马斯·马西辩称众议院提前休会阻碍了针对战争部长皮特·赫格斯西的八项弹劾条款投票
查德·珀格拉姆
作者：查德·珀格拉姆 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年9月16日 美国东部时间下午4:33
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肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西已针对五角大楼负责人皮特·赫格斯西提交了八项弹劾条款。
根据众议院规则，众议院必须在明日之前审议马西的弹劾条款。
但众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（路易斯安那州共和党）今日将众议院提前解散。
明日将无议事日程。这意味着众议院要到11月中旬的中期选举结束后才会复会处理公务。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊决定让议员提前返乡，可能会阻止众议院审议众议员托马斯·马西针对战争部长皮特·赫格斯西的弹劾条款。（J.斯科特·阿普怀特/美联社照片）
马西认为，约翰逊提前让所有人返乡是为了避免就赫格斯西相关议题进行投票。
如果众议院就马西的弹劾条款进行表决，共和党人很可能会提出“搁置动议”。此举旨在扼杀马西的弹劾计划。
届时投票不会围绕弹劾赫格斯西展开，而是决定是否搁置马西的弹劾方案。
记者手记：众议院控制权或取决于旧政治规则是否仍然适用
如果众议院搁置马西的弹劾条款，弹劾程序就将终止。一切就此结束。
众议院甚至不会审议实际的弹劾决议案。
众议员托马斯·马西辩称，众议院提前休会是为了避免就其针对赫格斯西的弹劾行动进行可能产生重大影响的投票。（乔恩·切里/盖蒂图片社）
但如果搁置动议未获通过，众议院随后就会审议弹劾条款。
搁置动议可以让议员免于就实际议题进行艰难投票。
记者手记：国会应对人工智能 人类灭绝担忧震动国会山
我曾询问马西：
珀格拉姆：这会让他们陷入两难境地，因为他们必须就此投票。这项动议能通过吗？
马西：“就搁置动议进行投票。议长可能撑不过这次投票。”
国防部长皮特·赫格斯西是众议员托马斯·马西提交的八项弹劾条款的针对对象。（美联社照片/曼努埃尔·巴尔塞·塞纳塔）
换言之，马西认为众议院可能会否决这项搁置动议。
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这将触发针对实际弹劾赫格斯西的投票。
在马西看来，这正是约翰逊解散众议院的原因。
查德·珀格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道（FNC）首席国会通讯员。他于2007年9月加入该电视台，总部位于华盛顿特区。
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Massie saying Johnson is sending the House home early to prevent Hegseth impeachment
2026-09-16T16:33:30-04:00 / Fox News
Rep Thomas Massie argued that an early House adjournment blocked a potential vote on his eight articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth
Chad Pergram
By Chad Pergram Fox News
Published September 16, 2026 4:33pm EDT
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., filed eight articles of impeachment against Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth.
Under House rules, the House would have to consider Massie’s articles by tomorrow.
But House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is sending the House home early today.
There will be no session tomorrow. That means the House won’t reconvene for business until after the midterms in mid-November.
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to send lawmakers home early could prevent the House from considering Rep. Thomas Massie’s impeachment articles against War Secretary Pete Hegseth.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Massie contends that Johnson sent everyone home early to avoid a vote related to Hegseth.
If the House had brought up Massie’s impeachment articles, Republicans would likely have offered “a motion to table.” This is an effort to kill Massie’s gambit.
Thus, the vote would not have been on impeaching Hegseth, but whether or not to set aside Massie’s plan.
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If the House were to table Massie’s articles of impeachment, the gig is up. It’s done.
The House never even considered the actual impeachment resolutions.
Rep. Thomas Massie has argued that the House adjourned early to avoid a potentially consequential vote related to his impeachment effort against Hegseth.(Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
But if the motion to table fails, the House then considers the articles of impeachment.
The motion to table inoculates members from having to take a tough vote on the actual issue.
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I asked Massie the following:
Pergram: That would have put them in a tough spot because they would have had to vote on it. Would it have passed?
Massie: “A vote on a motion to table. He may not have survived that vote.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is the subject of eight articles of impeachment filed by Rep. Thomas Massie.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
In other words, Massie believes the House could have defeated the motion to table.
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That would have triggered votes on actually impeaching Hegseth.
And, from Massie’s viewpoint, that’s why Johnson sent the House home.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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