联邦政府拨款将于12月11日到期，议员们还需推进《拯救美国法案》和两党税改方案
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金、亚历克斯·米勒 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：美国东部时间2026年11月9日凌晨5点
部分民主党籍参议员未承诺支持舒克尔担任多数党领袖
数名新当选的民主党籍参议员表示，他们暂未承诺支持参议院多数党领袖查克·舒克尔连任。
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议员们本周重返国会山，这是自中期选举后的首次回归，在民主党明年1月掌权前，共和党人面临一系列紧迫任务。
“跛脚鸭国会就像你家里的那个 closet（小储藏室），所有人都把一堆破事往里塞，”俄亥俄州共和党参议员伯尼·莫雷诺对福克斯新闻数字台表示，“现在这个储藏室已经塞满了烂摊子，我们得想办法把所有东西清出去。”
当前联邦拨款水平将于12月11日到期，若无法达成新的协议，国会将面临政府再度关门的风险。部分民主党人向《政客》杂志透露，他们可能会借唐纳德·特朗普总统对伊朗的战争作为谈判筹码——这很可能导致财政悬崖，进而瘫痪联邦机构。
但一位要求匿名的共和党众议员向福克斯新闻数字台透露，他预计会将当前拨款水平的短期延长，即所谓的“持续决议案（CR）”，延长至明年2月或3月。当前的持续决议案用于覆盖截至9月30日的上一财年末开支，有效期将持续至下月。
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参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩与众议院议长迈克·约翰逊需在国会权力交接前的跛脚鸭期忙碌履职。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社；汤姆·威廉姆斯/美国CQ Roll Call新闻社， via 盖蒂图片社）
“我想没人希望政府关门，就算是民主党人也一样，”这位共和党众议员表示。
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国会在未来几周内需处理的其他立法重点包括每五年修订一次的农业法案，该法案将确定美国的食品与农业政策。共和党人还计划在年底前通过一项振兴国家交通基础设施的法案，以及一项两党税改方案。
此外，明年1月还将面临迫在眉睫的债务上限最后期限，特朗普很可能会要求共和党在国会交接前处理这一问题。
被问及本届国会的履职效率时，共和党议员的乐观程度各不相同。
“效率可以很高，也应该很高，”印第安纳州共和党众议员马林·施图茨曼表示，“但我对部分参议院同僚的信心并不足，因为我觉得他们对总统抱有个人成见，工作重点更多放在这上面而非推进立法。我们应该专注于国会的本职工作。”
得克萨斯州共和党众议员纳撒尼尔·莫兰表示：“我觉得要完成太多工作会很困难。不过我们在跛脚鸭会期前做了大量准备工作，以便推动多项重要法案通过，其中很多是两党合作的结果。”
但首先，参众两院的共和党人都需要亲自面对败选结果，并思考如何重建队伍。
【2026年中期选举结果对国会的影响】
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民主党籍众议院少数党领袖、纽约州众议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯于2025年11月3日在华盛顿特区国会山举行的新闻发布会上发言。（罗伯托·施密特/盖蒂图片社）
“这感觉就像一场葬礼，”纽约州共和党众议员妮可·马利奥塔基斯对福克斯新闻数字台表示，“就算是赢了的我们，也觉得很沮丧，因为我们失去了很多优秀、称职的议员。”
本周的首要任务是选出新一届国会的新领导层。
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩目前正无竞争对手地竞选少数党领袖一职。
众议院多数党领袖、路易斯安那州共和党人史蒂夫·斯卡利斯正与众议院司法委员会主席、俄亥俄州共和党人吉姆·乔丹竞争少数党领袖席位。
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但莫兰和施图茨曼都表示，内讧解决后共和党会迅速团结起来。
“应该会立刻团结，”施图茨曼说，“如果我们不关注美国民众的需求，反而纠结于领导层职位和个人争斗，我们会继续输下去。”
【相关新闻】众议院共和党人制定防御计划，保护特朗普免受民主党即将展开的调查
莫兰表示：“我们比以往任何时候都更清楚，重新团结、凝聚力量、为下一次选举重整旗鼓，以及准备好捍卫民主，有多重要。”
民主党方面，在带领民主党取得压倒性胜选后，众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯有望顺利当选众议院议长。
民主党领导层选举将在共和党选举结束后的一周举行。
在履职效率方面，施图茨曼还呼吁参议院通过聚焦选举安全的《拯救美国法案》，共和党正试图通过预算和解程序推进该法案，以避免需要民主党支持。众议院已于7月通过了该法案的框架。
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威斯康星州共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊在2026年2月16日国会山举行的听证会上，对明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃利森发表讲话时做出手势。（C-SPAN）
参议院预算委员会主席、威斯康星州共和党人罗恩·约翰逊已参与该法案的结构设计一段时间，但不确定如果共和党败选，该党是否有政治意愿完成立法。
“这可能会变成部分人对该法案的支持态度问题，”约翰逊说。
此外还有许可改革问题，截至选举夜本已岌岌可危，直到白宫和参议院民主党人为推进多个风电项目达成协议。民主党现在是否会支持该协议，让特朗普和共和党在离任前取得一次胜利，目前仍不明朗。
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“我们首先要做的是提议在日历上增加第13个月，因为有太多对国家至关重要的事情要处理，”俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员詹姆斯·兰福德对福克斯新闻数字台表示。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金是福克斯新闻数字台的政治记者，负责报道众议院事务。她此前的数字作品发表在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网。
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Congress returns to brutal lame-duck stretch with shutdown deadline, leadership races: ‘Closet is full of s—’
Federal funding runs out Dec 11, and lawmakers must also tackle the SAVE America Act and a bipartisan tax package
By Elizabeth Elkind , Alex MillerFox News
Published November 9, 2026 5:00am EST
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Several newly elected Democratic senators suggest they are not committed to supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer as Senate Majority Leader.
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Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill this week for the first time since the midterm elections, and Republicans have a slew of responsibilities in front of them before Democrats take over the reins of power in January.
“The lame duck is like that closet in your house where everybody’s throwing a bunch of s— into it,” Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital. “And the closet is full of s— now, and now we got to figure out how to get it all out of there.”
Current federal funding levels run out on Dec. 11, and without another deal in place, Congress risks plunging the government into another shutdown. Some Democrats signaled to POLITICO that they could use President Donald Trump’s war in Iran as leverage in spending talks — which could very well lead to a fiscal cliff that could paralyze federal agencies.
But one House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, told Fox News Digital they expect another short-term extension of current funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), through February or March of next year. The current CR was passed to cover the end of the last fiscal year ending Sept. 30 through next month.
TRUMP SIGNS GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL, AVOIDING A SHUTDOWN AHEAD OF MIDTERMS
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to navigate a busy lame-duck period before Congress changes hands.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
“No one wants a shutdown, I would think,” that House Republican said. “Not even Dems.”
HOUSE GOP VOTES TO PUNT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BATTLE TO AFTER NOVEMBER MIDTERMS
Other legislative priorities Congress will have to reckon with in the next few weeks include the farm bill, which is passed every five years and sets food and agriculture policy for the country. Republicans are also aiming to pass a bill to revitalize the country’s transportation infrastructure and a bipartisan tax package before the end of the year.
Then there is also the looming debt ceiling deadline coming in January, which Trump will likely call on Republicans to deal with before Congress changes hands.
GOP lawmakers shared varying levels of optimism when asked about how productive they would be.
“It can be. It should be,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., said. “But my faith in some of my Senate colleagues is not real high, because I feel like they have a personal vendetta towards the president, and it’s more about that than it is about passing legislation. We should do our business in Congress.”
Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, said, “I think it’s gonna be difficult to get a whole lot done. But we have done a lot of work leading up to the lame-duck session to prepare for passing a number of important bills, many of which are bipartisan.”
But first, both House and Senate Republicans will need to face their losses in person — and consider how to rebuild.
WHAT THE 2026 MIDTERM RESULTS MEAN FOR CAPITOL HILL
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Nov. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
“It’s going to feel like a funeral,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital. “It’s depressing even for those of us who won, because we lost so many good, quality members.”
The first order of business this week will be choosing their new leaders for the next Congress.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is running for the minority leader role unopposed for now.
And House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is vying for the minority leader role against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
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But Moran and Stutzman both said Republicans would unify quickly after that drama is resolved.
“It should be immediate,” Stutzman said. “If we’re not paying attention to the American people, and we’re focusing on leadership positions and personality fights, we’re gonna continue to lose.”
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Moran said, “We understand now more than ever how important it is for us to come back together, coalesce and to regroup for the next election, and to prepare for the defense of democracy.”
On Democrats’ side, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is expected to glide into the speaker role after leading his party to a commanding victory.
Democrats’ leadership elections will take place the week after Republicans’ do.
And on the productivity front, Stutzman also called on the Senate to pass the election security-focused SAVE America Act, which Republicans are attempting to accomplish via the budget reconciliation process to sidestep the need for Democrat support. The House passed a blueprint for the bill in July.
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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., gestures while addressing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 16, 2026.(C-SPAN)
Senate Budget Committee Chair Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has been working on the structure of that package for some time, but wasn’t so sure that if Republicans lost, it would be something the GOP had the political will to finish.
“It might turn to some people’s attitudes in terms of support for it,” Johnson said.
Then there’s permitting reform, which was on thin ice heading into Election Night until the White House and Senate Democrats struck a deal for a variety of wind projects to move forward. Whether Democrats support that now, and give Trump and the GOP a win on their way out, remains to be seen.
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“First thing we need to do is make a motion to add a 13th month to the calendar, because we’ve got so much stacked up to do that’s really important for the country,” Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital.
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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