众议员唐·培根签署了一项法案，该法案将建立对赦免令的国会审查程序
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月16日 美国东部时间下午1:11
一名众议院共和党议员成为其党内首位支持民主党领导的限制总统赦免权努力的成员。
来自内布拉斯加州的共和党众议员唐·培根（R-Neb.）签署支持由马里兰州民主党众议员约翰尼·奥尔绍夫斯基（D-Md.）牵头的立法，该立法旨在建立总统赦免令的国会审查程序。
这一举措发生在总统唐纳德·特朗普赦免五名前NFL球员之后，这些球员被指控犯有伪证、贩毒和伪造等多项罪名。
培根在一份声明中表示：”在多届政府中，我们看到人们对这一权力如何被使用提出了合理质疑，同时国会的监督能力有所削弱。坦率地说，我清楚地认识到赦免权已被滥用。”
尽管培根没有直接提及特朗普，但奥尔绍夫斯基明确表示，这位共和党总统是他推动新宪法修正案的主要动力。
奥尔绍夫斯基周一宣布培根支持其立法的新闻稿中称：”这一宣布是在特朗普政府本周早些时候决定赦免五名前NFL球员之后发生的，这些球员的罪名从伪证到贩毒不等。”
奥尔绍夫斯基将这些赦免描述为”令人不安的滥用总统赦免权以惠及富人和有权势者的模式”的一部分。
该修正案若获通过，将赋予国会在20名众议院议员和5名参议员提出请求时，启动总统赦免令审查程序的权利。
审查程序将以是否废除赦免令的投票结束，这需要参众两院均以三分之二多数支持才能成功。
此后，总统将被禁止再次向同一受赦免人颁发相同的赦免令。
值得注意的是，前总统乔·拜登在卸任前夕为其家人及包括儿子亨特·拜登在内的其他盟友发布预防性赦免令时，遭到了共和党人甚至一些民主党人的批评。
培根是一名温和派共和党人，同时也是退役空军准将，他已宣布不寻求在11月的选举中连任。
他是国会中愿意在包括权力分立在内的诸多问题上与特朗普唱反调的几名共和党议员之一。
例如，培根是少数几位与民主党人一起投票终止特朗普在北部边境紧急状态声明的众议院共和党人之一，而特朗普曾利用该声明在未经国会批准的情况下对加拿大施加关税。
培根当时告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”现在是国会发出声音反对关税的时候了。”
福克斯新闻数字版已联系白宫寻求置评，但尚未立即收到回应。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，主要报道众议院相关新闻。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网发表过数字版署名文章。
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GOP lawmaker joins Democrat-led effort to limit Trump’s pardon power
Rep Don Bacon signed onto a bill that would establish a congressional review process for pardons
By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published February 16, 2026 1:11pm EST
A House GOP lawmaker has become the first member of his party to support a Democrat-led effort to limit presidential pardon power.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., signed on in support of legislation led by Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., to establish a congressional review process for presidential pardons.
It comes after President Donald Trump pardoned five ex-NFL players guilty of various charges including perjury, drug trafficking and counterfeiting.
“Across multiple administrations, we’ve seen legitimate questions raised about how this authority has been used at the same time, the ability of Congress to provide oversight has weakened,” Bacon said in a statement. “Frankly, it is clear to me the pardon authority has been abused.”
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And while Bacon did not mention Trump directly, Olszewski made clear that the Republican commander in chief is the main impetus for his push for a new constitutional amendment.
“The announcement follows the Trump Administration’s decision earlier this week to pardon five former NFL players whose charges ranged from perjury to drug trafficking,” said Olszewski’s press release announcing Bacon’s support on Monday.
“The pardons are part of what Olszewski describes as a disturbing pattern of abuses of the presidential pardon power benefiting the wealthy and well-connected.”
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The amendment, if adopted, would give Congress the right to initiate a review process for presidential pardons if called for by 20 House members and five senators.
The review process would end with a vote on whether to nullify the pardon, needing two-thirds’ support in both the House and the Senate to succeed.
The president would then be barred from issuing that same pardon to the same recipient again.
Former President Joe Biden notably took heat from Republicans and even some Democrats when he issued preemptive pardons for his family members and other allies, including son Hunter Biden, shortly before leaving office.
Bacon, a moderate Republican and retired Air Force brigadier general, has already announced he is not seeking re-election in November.
He’s one of several GOP lawmakers in Congress who have been willing to buck Trump on a variety of issues, including the separation of powers.
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For instance, Bacon was one of a handful of House Republicans who voted with Democrats to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration at the northern border, which the president had used to justify imposing tariffs on Canada without congressional approval.
Bacon told Fox News Digital at the time, “It is time for Congress to make its voice heard on tariffs.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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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