2026年4月11日 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 福克斯新闻
一位总统唐纳德·特朗普的顶级民主党对手正在参选参议院，他借鉴了特朗普及其保守派的策略，在相关提案中呼吁改革阻挠议事规则。
正在寻求击败长期任职的缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的缅因州民主党州长珍妮特·米尔斯近日公布了她的政策纲领。其中一项面向选民的主张就是呼吁改革阻挠议事规则。
米尔斯在这份长达19页的文件中表示，如果当选，她将要求“参议员必须留在参议院 floor 并实际进行发言，而不是仅仅以威胁进行阻挠议事来拖延立法进程”。
阻挠议事已经成为参议院的争议焦点，对共和党而言尤其如此，因为当前的60票门槛要求立法必须具备两党支持。米尔斯的这一立场此前曾得到民主党人的支持，而特朗普和部分共和党人目前也在推动该规则改革，以通过一项大规模的选举诚信法案。
格雷厄姆拟在无民主党支持的情况下推进特朗普背书的《拯救美国法案》“首付”
正在寻求击败长期任职的缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的缅因州民主党州长珍妮特·米尔斯近日公布了她的政策纲领。（盖蒂图片社）
她希望改革阻挠议事规则的想法，与特朗普和保守派在国会及网络上的诉求如出一辙：他们都要求参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩发起口头阻挠议事，以通过《保障美国选民资格（SAVE）美国法案》。
“华盛顿已经失灵，缅因州民众正在为此付出代价，”米尔斯在介绍该纲领的声明中说道。“唐纳德·特朗普和华盛顿的共和党人正在破坏我们的基本权利、推高生活成本，而国会却未能解决缅因州民众面临的重大问题。够了，缅因州民众理应得到比华盛顿更好的待遇。”
米尔斯和特朗普的对立关系在2025年达到白热化高潮：在白宫举行的州长会议上，她就总统禁止向允许跨性别运动员参与体育赛事的州发放联邦资金的行政令宣称，“我们法庭见”。
图恩指责批评者“制造虚假期望”，因《拯救美国法案》受阻引发反弹
缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯与总统唐纳德·特朗普的对立关系在2025年达到白热化高潮。（内森·霍华德/盖蒂图片社）
参议院共和党核心竞选机构全国共和党参议员委员会警告称，米尔斯希望对阻挠议事规则做出的修改，是民主党计划拖延特朗普议程的暗号。
“珍妮特·米尔斯把藏在心里的话说出来了：如果她前往华盛顿，她将动用手中所有工具，向美国人推行她激进的反特朗普议程，”全国共和党参议员委员会发言人萨曼莎·坎特雷尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
特朗普曾要求共和党人更进一步，彻底废除阻挠议事规则——考虑到目前参议院缺乏废除这一议事规范的支持，这一设想不太可能实现。
缅因州参议院候选人在被问及有关性侵的“恶劣”帖子时称自己有战斗创伤
缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳（左）与两届州长珍妮特·米尔斯正在该州民主党参议院初选中对决。（索菲·帕克/盖蒂图片社；斯科特·艾森/盖蒂图片社）
正如米尔斯所提议的，口头阻挠议事将要求参议员就法案进行辩论，而不是依赖常规的60票门槛。
参议院目前正在以口头阻挠议事的形式，曝光参议院民主党人拒绝支持《拯救美国法案》的行为。但这不会推动法案通过，因为共和党内部并未达成一致，无法阻止民主党提出可能大幅修改该法案的修正案。
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默亲自挑选米尔斯在缅因州参选对抗柯林斯，他将该法案称为“2.0版吉姆·克劳法”，并团结其党团一致反对该法案。
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在米尔斯有机会与柯林斯对决之前，她首先需要在激烈的初选中击败黑马候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳——一位牡蛎养殖户，得到了舒默左翼阵营的支持。
福克斯新闻数字频道曾联系米尔斯、普拉特纳和柯林斯请求置评，但截至发稿未收到回复。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院的撰稿人。
Trump adversary running for Senate borrows his filibuster playbook
April 11, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
One of President Donald Trump’s top Democratic foes running for the Senate is taking a page from his and conservatives’ playbook in their pitch to reform the filibuster.
Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who is running to unseat longtime Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, released her policy platform in recent days. Among several pitches to voters is a call to reform the filibuster.
Mills, if elected, said in the 19-page document that she would require “Senators to remain on the Senate floor and actually speak, rather than simply threatening a filibuster to delay action.”
The filibuster has become a flashpoint in the Senate, particularly for Republicans, given that its current 60-vote threshold requires legislation to be bipartisan in nature. And Mills’ position, which has been previously supported by Democrats, is one Trump and some in the GOP are pushing for to pass a massive election integrity bill.
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Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who is running to unseat longtime Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, released her policy platform in recent days.(Getty Images)
Her desire to change the filibuster echoes one made by Trump and conservatives, both in Congress and online, that have demanded Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., launch a talking filibuster to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.
“Washington is broken, and Maine people are paying the price,” Mills said in a statement introducing the platform. “Donald Trump and Washington Republicans are undermining our fundamental rights and driving up costs, all while Congress fails to solve the big problems facing Maine people. Enough is enough. Maine people deserve better than what D.C. is giving them.”
Mills and Trump have an adversarial relationship that reached a chaotic crescendo in 2025 when, during a meeting of governors at the White House, she declared, “We’ll see you in court,” over the president’s executive order to deny federal funding to states that allowed transgender athletes to participate in sports.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump have an adversarial relationship that reached a chaotic crescendo in 2025.(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP’s main campaign arm, warned that Mills’ desired change to the filibuster was a dog whistle for Democrats’ plan to slow-walk Trump’s agenda.
“Janet Mills is saying the quiet part out loud: If she goes to Washington, she will use every tool at her disposal to push her radical anti-Trump agenda on Americans,”NRSC spokesperson Samantha Cantrell told Fox News Digital.
Trump has asked Republicans to go a step further and nuke the filibuster altogether — an unlikely scenario in the Senate, given the lack of support to do away with the guardrail in its current form.
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Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine, left, and two-term Gov. Janet Mills are facing off in the state’s Democratic Senate primary.(Sophie Park/Getty Images; Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
A talking filibuster, as Mills suggested, would require senators to debate a bill rather than falling back on the typical 60-vote threshold.
The Senate is currently doing a version of the talking filibuster in the GOP’s bid to shine a light on Senate Democrats’ refusal to support the SAVE America Act. But it won’t lead to the legislation passing because the GOP isn’t unified to block Democratic amendments that could drastically alter the bill.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who handpicked Mills to run in Maine against Collins, has dubbed the legislation “Jim Crow 2.0” and rallied his caucus behind defeating the measure.
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Before Mills has a chance to square off against Collins, she’ll first have to survive a tough primary battle against insurgent candidate Graham Platner, an oyster farmer who has the backing of Schumer’s left flank.
Fox News Digital reached out for comment from Mills, Platner and Collins, but did not hear back by publication.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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