两党资助法案为国会争取到12月前的缓冲期，以便在跛脚鸭会期内推进拨款谈判
2026年8月8日 美国东部时间凌晨4:01 / 福克斯新闻频道
密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特在《汉尼蒂秀》节目中谈论《拯救美国法案》以及托德·布兰奇出任司法部长的任命确认之路。
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参议院周六通过了避免政府停摆的解决方案，结束了数月来的焦虑情绪——此前外界一直认为，如果有机会，参议院民主党人会利用政府停摆在11月的选举中获取政治加分。
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默及其民主党团作出了让步，遵守了与共和党达成的协议，将政府资助期限延长至选举夜之后，直至12月初。
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，这一转变似乎是舒默和民主党方面的政治考量。
舒默宣称赢得避免政府停摆的投票；共和党称他被耍了
2026年3月17日，华盛顿特区美国国会大厦，纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默在参议院民主党每周政策午餐会后的新闻发布会上发言。（格雷姆·斯隆/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“我认为他们不想在接下来的……嗯……三个月里，因为想要关闭政府而遭到共和党人的抨击，”图恩说道。
“我的意思是，过去12个月发生的事情已经开始形成一种叙事，我认为他们——你懂的，这些人都是政治动物，”图恩继续说道。“我猜这些人一直在做民调。”
民主党人让步，舒默帮助共和党扫清关键的政府停摆障碍
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而舒默则宣称此次程序投票取得了胜利，辩称民主党“数月来”一直希望维持政府运转，并在两党持续决议案（CR）中就联邦 grants 相关的规则修改从特朗普政府那里争取到了重要让步。
“我们希望跨越党派分歧，敲定一份为美国民众谋福祉的预算，”舒默在参议院议场说道。“今天，[这项]持续决议案为我们争取到了必要的缓冲空间，以便敲定一份能让工薪家庭生活负担更轻、遏制特朗普肆意混乱和 rampant 腐败的预算。”
不过，共和党数月来一直传递的信息是，国会民主党人会毫不犹豫地再次让政府停摆。在参议院，议员们已经提出，如果再次发生政府停摆，将让议员们付出代价，比如同意在停摆期间停发薪水。
参议院采取重要第一步，通过痛苦的问责措施防止未来政府停摆
2025年10月28日，华盛顿特区，参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）与其他参议院共和党领导层成员在政策午餐会后的新闻发布会上发言。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
此前有两次载入史册的政府停摆，分别持续了43天和76天，但参议院共和党领袖表示，这一次的政治风向似乎对民主党不利。
“而且我认为他们看到了一组有利于他们秋季选举的议题，我认为他们认为政府停摆或不资助政府的前景会造成不确定性，这可能对他们的选情不利，”图恩说道。
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虽然参议院的停摆危机暂时告一段落，但众议院的斗争仍将继续。
如果这项法案获得通过，将为议员们争取到缓冲时间，继续推进搁置已久的拨款流程相关的政府资助谈判。不过到那时，国会将进入中期选举后的跛脚鸭会期。根据政治格局的变化，各方可能没有太大意愿达成更广泛的资助协议。
“我们能在12月11日前敲定预算？这听起来就像冰封地狱里驴子在飞一样，”路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪说道。“我的意思是，这大概率不会发生。”
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Schumer caves, hands Republicans shutdown win after months of uncertainty
The bipartisan funding bill gives Congress breathing room until December to negotiate appropriations in lame duck
August 8, 2026 4:01am EDT / Fox News
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The Senate advanced its solution to avert a government shutdown on Saturday, capping off several months of hand-wringing that, if given the chance, Senate Democrats would use a shutdown to score political points in November.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus relented, and stayed true to the bargain they struck with Republicans to keep the government funded well past Election Night and into early December.
The about-face, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital, appeared to be a political calculation on Schumer and Democrats’ part.
SCHUMER CLAIMS VICTORY AS SENATE MOVES TO AVERT SHUTDOWN; GOP SAYS HE GOT PLAYED
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democrat policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I think they didn’t want to spend the next, well … three months defending attacks from Republicans about wanting to shut the government down,” Thune said.
“I mean, I think there was a narrative starting to build out there based on what’s happened the last 12 months, which I think, they probably — you know, these guys are political animals,” Thune continued. “I’m assuming those guys are polling all the time.”
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And Schumer claimed victory over the process, arguing that Democrats “for months” wanted to keep the government open, and had scored key concessions from the Trump administration on an ensuing rule change to federal grants in the bipartisan continuing resolution (CR).
“We want to reach across the aisle and hammer out a budget that delivers for the American people,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “Today, [this] CR gives us the breathing room necessary to work out a budget that helps make life more affordable to working families and reigns in Trump’s rampant chaos, his rampant corruption.”
However, Republicans have been messaging for months that congressional Democrats wouldn’t bat an eye at shutting the government down again. In the Senate, efforts have been made to inflict pain on lawmakers should another shutdown happen, like agreeing to forego their paychecks in the event of a closure.
SENATE TAKES MAJOR FIRST STEP TO PREVENT FUTURE SHUTDOWNS WITH PAINFUL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAY
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Republican leadership following a policy luncheon in Washington, D.C. on October 28, 2025.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
That follows two government shutdowns that etched their way into the record books at 43 and 76 days, respectively, but the political winds didn’t appear to be in Democrats’ favor this go-round, the top Senate Republican said.
“And I think they see an issue set that works for them going into the fall election, and I think they view a government shutdown or the prospect of not funding the government as creating uncertainty that perhaps didn’t help their chances,” Thune said.
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While the shutdown fight is over in the Senate, for now, it will continue on in the House.
And if passed, it will give lawmakers breathing room to continue stalled negotiations to fund the government through the appropriations process. However, by then, Congress will be in the post-midterm election lame duck period. And dependent on the swing of the political pendulum, there may not be much appetite to reach a broader funding deal.
“Us having a budget done on December 11? It takes on whiffs of frozen hell, donkeys flying,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said. “I mean, it’s probably not gonna happen.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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