共和党议员私下担忧:对俄制裁法案将授予特朗普过多关税权限


2026-09-16T20:32:25.685Z / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)

作者:摩根·里默、莎拉·费里斯

更新于1小时1分钟前
更新时间:2026年9月16日,美国东部时间下午6:36
发布时间:2026年9月16日,美国东部时间下午4:32

The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, is seen on August 4.

美国国会在中期选举前为唐纳德·特朗普总统送上了最后一份“胜利”——一项重磅对俄制裁法案,但批评者警告称,该法案将赋予总统征收大规模新关税的权力,可能给美国经济带来连锁反应。

众议院周三最终通过了这项以已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆命名的对俄制裁法案。最终投票结果为262票赞成、159票反对,数十名民主党议员投下了支持票。该法案接下来将提交特朗普签署。

多数共和党议员支持这项法案。但据两名熟悉相关对话的人士透露,近期有近十名共和党议员私下游说共和党领导层,要求删除法案中新增的关税权限条款——他们对法案可能在中期选举前进一步推高物价感到担忧。

不过,上述人士表示,议长迈克·约翰逊及其领导团队驳回了这些修改提议。

根据法案中新的关税权限条款,特朗普政府可对包括中国和印度在内的购买俄罗斯石油和天然气的国家征收最高100%的关税。批评者称,这可能给美国经济带来重创。

美国贸易代表贾米森·格里尔将最终确定关税税率。但即便有这一潜在的“监管屏障”,仍未能缓解部分民主党议员的担忧——他们已公开表达不满,还有一些共和党议员私下表达了恐惧,认为该法案最终将赋予特朗普更多关税权限。

然而,两党中的法案支持者认为,关税权限是有限且经过精心设计的,有关总统将在贸易事务上获得更多权力的担忧毫无根据。

该法案最早于2025年4月提出,在一年多的艰苦谈判中,格雷厄姆牵头推动白宫接受了该法案。他去世前一天的最后一次公开露面是在乌克兰。在那次访问中,他站在基辅街头的坦克前宣布,特朗普将支持这项法案。

对许多民主党议员来说,此次投票十分艰难:该党多数议员迫切希望支持这项法案,因为它将对俄罗斯政府高层人士实施强制性制裁,包括俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京,以及俄罗斯寡头、国有企业和支持俄罗斯国防工业基础的外国公司。

但这在民主党内部引发了严重分歧:像马里兰州资深众议员斯坦尼·霍耶这样的乌克兰问题坚定支持者,为这项自己所在领导层曾表示担忧的法案进行了激昂辩护。一天前,当共和党议员的支持票数不足时,两名中间派民主党议员甚至违抗本党领导层,帮助共和党将法案提交全院表决。

参议院已于8月以广泛的两党投票结果通过了该法案。

参议院法案的主要民主党共同提案人理查德·布卢门撒尔参议员本周对记者表示,他“非常希望众议院能够认识到我们肩负的重大责任”。

“此事刻不容缓。在我最近一次与泽连斯基总统的会晤中,他坚持要求我们通过这项对俄制裁法案,”他补充道。

但众议院中有许多民主党议员反对该法案。众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯在法案辩论期间宣布,他不会支持这项法案,理由是法案中新增的关税权限遭到了同僚的反对。

“国会究竟为何要赋予这位总统额外权力,让美国民众遭受这样的经济伤害?”他问道。

三名位居外交事务或贸易委员会要职的资深民主党议员警告称,该法案“弊大于利”。

“这项法案将大幅扩大总统的关税权限,同时未能强制对俄罗斯实施制裁,这两点都令人无法接受,”纽约州众议员格雷戈里·米克斯、马萨诸塞州众议员理查德·尼尔和弗吉尼亚州众议员唐·拜尔说道。

米克斯是众议院外交事务委员会的民主党最高级别成员,尼尔是众议院筹款委员会的资深民主党议员,拜尔是国会联合经济委员会的资深众议院民主党议员。

“这些缺陷将推高美国民众的生活成本,同时长期削弱对乌克兰的支持,”他们说道。

本文已更新,补充了更多细节。

Some Republicans privately fear Russia sanctions bill will give Trump too much power on tariffs

2026-09-16T20:32:25.685Z / CNN

By Morgan Rimmer, Sarah Ferris

Updated 1 hr 1 min ago
Updated Sep 16, 2026, 6:36 PM ET
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2026, 4:32 PM ET

The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, is seen on August 4.

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Congress delivered President Donald Trump one final win ahead of the midterms — a major Russia sanctions bill that critics warn will empower him to impose sweeping new tariffs that could reverberate across the economy.

The House on Wednesday gave final approval to the Russia sanctions bill named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. The final vote was 262-159, with dozens of Democrats voting in support of the bill. It will next go to Trump’s desk for his signature.

Most GOP lawmakers support the bill. But privately, nearly a dozen Republicans had been lobbying party leaders in recent days to take out new tariff powers included in the bill — alarmed that it could further hike prices just ahead of the midterms, according to two people familiar with the conversations.

Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team, however, rebuffed those proposed changes, those people said.

Under the new tariff authorities in the legislation, the Trump administration could impose levies of up to 100% on countries buying Russian oil and gas, including China and India — which critics say could deliver a massive shock to the economy.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would determine the final tariff level. But that has not allayed concerns from some Democrats who have spoken out publicly – and some Republicans who have voiced fears privately – who believe the bill would ultimately empower Trump on tariffs, despite that potential guardrail.

Supporters of the bill on both sides of the aisle, however, argue that the tariff authority is limited and carefully tailored and that fears that the president would end up with more power on trade matters are unfounded.

The bill was first introduced in April 2025, and — over the course of more than a year of painstaking negotiations — Graham led the charge to get the White House on board. His last public appearance, only one day before he died, was in Ukraine. During the visit, while standing in front of tanks on the streets of Kyiv, he announced that Trump would back the bill.

For many Democrats, it was a difficult vote: Most in the party were eager to support the package, which places mandatory sanctions on top figures in the Russian government, including President Vladimir Putin, as well as Russian oligarchs, state-owned enterprises and foreign companies supporting Russia’s defense industrial base.

But it caused deep tensions within the party, with prominent Ukraine allies like senior Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland delivering an impassioned defense on a bill that his own leadership had voiced concerns over. A day earlier, a pair of centrist Democrats even flouted their party leaders to help Republicans bring the bill to the floor when GOP votes fell short.

The Senate passed the bill in a broad bipartisan vote in August.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the lead Democratic cosponsor of the bill in the Senate, told reporters this week that he was “very hopeful that the House will recognize that we have a profound responsibility.”

“There’s an urgency here. In my last meeting with President Zelensky, he was insistent that we should pass the Russia sanctions bill,” he added.

But many Democrats in the House opposed the bill. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced during debate on the bill that he would not support the measure, citing the additional tariff authority that his colleagues have objected to including in the package.

“Why in the world would this Congress give this president additional authority to visit that kind of economic harm on the American people?” he asked.

A trio of prominent Democrats — who all sit atop committees relating to foreign affairs or trade — warned the bill would “do more harm than good,”

“This bill would dramatically expand presidential tariff authorities while failing to mandate sanctions on Russia, both of which are unacceptable,” Reps. Gregory Meeks of New York, Richard Neal of Massachusetts and Don Beyer of Virginia said.

Meeks is the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Neal serves as the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Beyer is the senior House Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

“These flaws would raise Americans’ prices while undermining support for Ukraine in the long term,” they said.

This story has been updated with additional details.

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