“你只会拖我的后腿。我正想赶到城的另一边去。”——吉米·亨德里克斯，《 Crosstown Traffic》
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查克·舒默“相信自己将当选参议院多数党领袖”
美国国会首席记者查德·佩格拉姆带来中期选举后民主党领导层分歧的最新报道。
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美国多数民众抱怨首都华盛顿的政治僵局。华盛顿特区周边的通勤者则对该市的交通拥堵叫苦不迭。
但五角大楼首长皮特·赫格塞思如今或许成了华盛顿特区传奇拥堵路况的“粉丝”。看来，跨城的交通拥堵或许让他没能成为美国历史上第三位由众议院发起弹劾的内阁部长。
本周，众议院以211票对204票，否决了肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西提出的弹劾赫格塞思的动议。
众议院共和党人推动阻止就弹劾进行直接的“赞成/反对”投票。
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2026年11月9日，肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西在华盛顿国会大厦外就弹劾美国战争部长皮特·赫格塞思发表讲话。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
共和党人转而推动投票，将弹劾条款提交给司法委员会。
而弹劾条款提交到那里就等于被“宣判死刑”。如果众议院没能阻挠这项弹劾条款，议员们随后就需要对正式弹劾进行投票。
如果简单多数投票通过弹劾，赫格塞思将成为继19世纪战争部长威廉·贝尔纳普、前国土安全部长亚历杭德罗·马约卡斯之后，第三位遭到众议院弹劾的内阁成员。
但华盛顿特区街头的拥堵打乱了众议院的议事节奏。
所有民主党议员都表示有意弹劾赫格塞思。
但共和党方面出现了出席率问题。
他们有7名议员缺席。就将弹劾条款提交委员会的投票结果十分胶着。计票一度出现204票对204票的平局。
根据规则，平局投票视为失败。这原本会触发正式弹劾的投票。但更多共和党议员陆续赶到了。而缺席的民主党议员始终没有出现。华盛顿州共和党众议员丹·纽霍斯主持了此次投票。
他以211票赞成、将弹劾条款提交委员会，204票反对的结果宣布投票结束。
就这样，弹劾赫格塞思的努力宣告失败。11名民主党议员缺席了这次点名投票。
这只是个数学问题。
如果有4票倒戈，赫格塞思就会被弹劾，票数为208票对207票。
赫格塞思弹劾投票或将到来，众议院共和党人私下警告称可能通过
而且，如果那11名缺席的民主党议员都能赶到美国国会大厦并投票，众议院很可能会以215票对211票弹劾赫格塞思。即便只有8名民主党议员到场，票数也会达到212票对211票。
然而，由于民主党议员的出席问题，共和党人得以给弹劾进程“踩刹车”。
弹劾赫格塞思失败如今正引发民主党内的“路怒情绪”。
“他们没到场，真可耻，”北卡罗来纳州民主党新晋众议员理查德·奥杰达说道。
“我不会为那些在如此重要投票中缺席的同事找借口，”马萨诸塞州民主党众议员斯蒂芬·林奇说道。
如果民主党人赶不上市区拥堵，就无法击败共和党人。
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2026年5月29日星期五，新墨西哥州民主党众议员梅勒妮·斯坦斯伯里在雷伯恩大厦出席众议院监督和政府改革委员会就前司法部长帕姆·邦迪关于杰弗里·爱泼斯坦档案的证词。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/ CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images）
新墨西哥州民主党众议员梅勒妮·斯坦斯伯里是公开表示反感赫格塞思的最激进民主党人之一。
但当同事比尔·梅鲁金质问她为何缺席投票时，斯坦斯伯里表现出防御态度。
“我当时被困在那个街角，因为警方的摩托队正在将校车从校区旁移开。由于警方封路，我在自己车里，真的被困在了街角的拥堵中，”斯坦斯伯里说道。
“但为什么不早点来呢？”梅鲁金追问。
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“我来了，但警方的摩托队让我被困在了车里，”斯坦斯伯里说道。
是这样吗？未必。
宪法的“言论或辩论”条款规定，议员在前往国会大厦出席各自议院会议的往返途中，不受警方干扰。这有点像外交豁免权。
几年前，弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员唐·拜厄原本要在国会休会期间主持一场短暂的众议院会议。从北弗吉尼亚前往华盛顿特区的交通因一起事故中断。拜厄是当天唯一出现在众议院会场的议员。于是拜厄向一名警员表明身份，警员随即放他通行。
多年来，其他议员也曾以“言论或辩论”条款为由，绕过无关的警方活动前往国会山。
伊利诺伊州民主党众议员乔纳森·杰克逊和纽约州民主党众议员劳拉·吉伦也表示自己被困在拥堵中。而加利福尼亚州民主党众议员卢·科雷亚是因医疗程序缺席。内华达州民主党众议员史蒂夫·霍斯福德是因私人紧急情况缺席。前众议院议长、加利福尼亚州民主党人南希·佩洛西当时在加利福尼亚州。
华盛顿特区的交通拥堵周四上午再次打乱了议事节奏。
众议院在周四清晨就一项 veterans 相关法案进行了投票。
众议院以271票对135票通过了动议。但最终有26名议员缺席，众议院宣布投票结束。原因是什么？一些议员再次因无法赶到国会大厦而受阻。
急诊医生马特·兰伯特在一家健身房枪杀一人，击伤六人，与警方对峙后自尽。最初被报告为“活跃枪手”事件后，华盛顿特区警方封锁了该市大部分区域，导致交通中断。
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2026年11月12日星期四，枪手在华盛顿特区一家健身房开枪后，一名国民警卫队成员在现场值守。（布鲁克·柯托为福克斯新闻数字频道拍摄）
这就是一些议员缺席周四点名投票的原因。他们被困在拥堵中。
换个话题，伊利诺伊州民主党众议员埃里克·索伦森确实参与了此次程序性投票。投票开始时，国会大厦广场上吹来一阵微风。随后，国会大厦被薄雾笼罩。
接着是更密集的雨滴。之后太阳冲破云层，但又回到阴天状态。华盛顿的这个早晨十分阴冷。
“我想知道天气怎么样，”我一边对索伦森喊道，一边他快步走下众议院台阶，走向在下方等候的一群记者。
索伦森是一名气象学家，2023年来到华盛顿之前，曾在德克萨斯州和伊利诺伊州的电视台工作了几十年。
索伦森立刻进入气象学家模式。
“各位，我们这里阵雨会增多。周末气温会大幅下降，”索伦森准确预报了华盛顿特区未来几天的天气。
这位转行做议员的气象学家指向右侧，仿佛在看向电视演播室绿幕上投射出的中西部虚拟地图。
“我对天发誓，我谈论天气的时候就忍不住要动手比划，”索伦森说。“我说的是高压。现在美国中部地区是高压。下周它会朝我们这边移动。”
选举之后，民主党目前的政治气候预报看起来不错。原本应该是温暖的日子和适宜的夜晚。可以说就是政治“高压”状态。
“那民主党核心小组会不会有高压系统移过来？”我问道。
“不，伙计，是低压。下个国会期就是低压了。我们得把所有人团结起来，”他回答。
但民主党真的会有长期稳定的“高压系统”吗？还是说，政治“低压”会带来风暴和动荡——尤其是如果民主党进步派和中间派相互对峙的话？
“我原以为高压是好事，”我这位尽责的记者说。“不会有热带系统过来。也不会有小股气流。”
“作为气象学家，我不是在做节目，我是在做推广，”索伦森谈到可能出现的民主党内“风暴系统”时说道。“像天气这样复杂的问题，22年来我每天都能帮助和人们建立联系。但在这里，这是美国最复杂的机制。我们得更好地向民众说明我们在为他们做什么。”
过去几天，华盛顿特区的交通已经让民主党人受阻。民主党内可能酝酿着破坏性的政治风暴。更不用说交通问题以及让人们赶到国会山的困难了。
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查德·佩格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道（FNC）国会首席记者。他于2007年9月加入该网络，驻扎在华盛顿特区。
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Pete Hegseth impeachment effort dies in the House as absent Democrats couldn’t beat the traffic
“All you do is slow me down. And I’m trying to get on the other side of town” – Jimi Hendrix, Crosstown Traffic
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Most of America bemoans political gridlock in the nation’s capital. DC area commuters deplore the city’s transit gridlock.
But Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth may now be a fan of DC’s legendary traffic snarls. It appears that crosstown traffic may have prevented him from becoming only the third Cabinet secretary ever impeached by the House of Representatives.
The House voted 211-204 this week to divert an effort by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to impeach Hegseth.
House Republicans moved to block a straight, up-or-down vote on impeachment.
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks on impeaching U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outside the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 9, 2026 in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Instead, Republicans forced a vote on sending the articles to the Judiciary Committee.
That’s where they’d go to die. If the House failed to sidetrack the articles, Members would have then voted on actual impeachment.
If a simple majority voted to impeach, Hegseth would join 19th century Secretary of War William Belknap and former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the only Cabinet Members impeached by the House.
But DC’s streetside congestion altered the parliamentary traffic on the House floor.
All Democrats said they were intent on impeaching Hegseth.
But Republicans faced an attendance problem.
Seven of their Members were missing. The vote on sending the impeachment articles to committee was tight. The tally read 204-204 at one point.
By rule, tie votes fail. That would have compelled a vote on actual impeachment. But a few more Republicans trickled in. The absent Democrats never did. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) presided over the vote.
He gaveled it closed at 211 yeas to send the articles to the committee and 204 votes against.
That was it. The Hegseth impeachment quest was dead. Eleven Democrats missed the roll call.
It’s about the math.
Flip four votes and Hegseth would have been impeached, 208-207.
HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT VOTE LOOMS AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS PRIVATELY WARN IT COULD PASS
And, had all 11 truant Democrats made it to the U.S. Capitol and voted, it’s likely the House would have impeached Hegseth 215-211. Even eight Democrats would have made it 212-211.
However, thanks to the Democrats’ attendance issue, Republicans were able to tap the brakes on the impeachment interstate.
The failure to impeach Hegseth is now fueling road rage in the Democratic Party.
“Shame on them for not showing up,” said Rep.-elect Richard Ojeda (D-N.C.).
“I don’t make excuses for colleagues who don’t show up on such an important vote,” said Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.).
Democrats can’t beat Republicans if they can’t beat the traffic.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) is one of the most outspoken Democrats when it comes to her disdain for Hegseth.
But Stansbury grew defensive when questioned by colleague Bill Melugin about missing the vote.
“I was trapped right there at that street corner because there was a police motorcade moving busses off of the campus. And I physically was trapped right at that corner in my vehicle, in traffic because the police had shut down traffic,” said Stansbury.
“Why not come here sooner, though?” followed up Melugin.
HEGSETH COULD FACE NEW IMPEACHMENT PUSH OVER UKRAINE AID, LAWMAKERS WARN
“I did and I was trapped in my vehicle because of a police motorcade,” said Stansbury.
Maybe. Maybe not.
The Constitution’s “Speech or Debate” clause exempts lawmakers from police interference when “going to and from” the Capitol for “their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses.” It’s kind of like diplomatic immunity.
A few years ago, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) was supposed to preside over a brief House session in the middle of a recess. Traffic heading into DC from Northern Virginia was stopped because of an incident. Beyer was the only Member scheduled to be present in the House chamber that day. So Beyer identified himself to a police officer who proceeded to let him through.
Over the years, other lawmakers have asserted the Speech or Debate clause as a reason to bypass unrelated police activity and get to Capitol Hill.
Reps. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) and Laura Gillen (D-N.Y.) also said they were stuck in traffic. However, Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) was out for a medical procedure. Rep. Steve Horsford (D-Nev.) missed the vote because of a personal emergency. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was in the Golden State.
DC’s traffic interfered with parliamentary traffic again on Thursday morning.
The House took an early Thursday morning vote related to a veterans bill.
The House adopted the motion, 271-135. But the House gaveled down the vote with 26 Members absent. The reason? Some Members were again stymied from making it to the Capitol.
Emergency room physician Matt Lambert killed one person at a gym, shot six people and engaged in a standoff with cops before turning the gun on himself. Initially reported as an “active shooter” incident, District of Columbia police locked down major parts of the city, stalling traffic.
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And that’s why some lawmakers missed Thursday’s roll call. They were marooned in traffic.
Shifting gears, Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.) in fact made that procedural vote on the floor. When the vote began, a gentle breeze blew across the Capitol plaza. Then a mist enveloped the Capitol.
Later, a few heavier drops. Then the sun broke through the clouds. But reverted to overcast. It was a dank morning in Washington.
“I want to know what the weather is,” yours truly shouted at Sorensen as he skipped down the House steps toward a group of reporters waiting below.
Sorensen is a meteorologist who worked for decades at TV stations in Texas and Illinois before coming to Washington in 2023.
Sorensen pivoted immediately into weatherman mode.
“We’ve got increasing showers guys. Much cooler temperatures for the weekend,” said Sorensen, replicating the precise forecast for Washington, DC over the next few days.
The meteorologist-turned-lawmaker gestured to his right as though looking at a phantom map of the Midwest, projected against a green screen in a TV studio.
“As God is my witness, I cannot talk about the weather without moving my hands,” said Sorensen. “I talk about high pressure. It’s high pressure right here in the midsection of the country. And it’s moving in our direction for the next week.”
After the election, the political weather forecast would seem good for Democrats right now. Supposedly balmy days and comfortable nights. A political “high”, if you will.
“So is there a high-pressure system moving here for the Democratic Caucus?” yours truly asked.
“No. It’s low pressure, man. It’s low pressure going into the next Congress. We’ve just got to keep everybody together,” he replied.
But is a high-pressure system really in the long-range forecast for Democrats? Or will a political “low” bring storms and atmospheric volatility — especially if progressive and centrist Democrats tangle with one another?
“I thought high pressure was a good thing,” said your trusty reporter. “No subtropical systems coming in. No clipper system.”
“As a meteorologist, I’m not in production. I’m in promotion,” said Sorensen of potential Democratic storm systems which might emerge on the horizon. “With a complicated issue like the weather, I was able to help connect with people every day for 22 years. But here, this is the most complicated mechanism in the United States. We’ve got to get better at communicating what we do for the people.”
DC traffic has already stymied Democrats over the past few days. Tornadic political storm systems may brew inside the Democratic Caucus. And that’s to say nothing about transportation and just getting people to the Hill.
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Traffic and weather. And if the internal Democratic fisticuffs turn ugly, well, may show that on sports. Right along with the hockey fights.
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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