2026年5月13日 美国东部夏令时下午1:17 / 福克斯新闻
肯尼迪称他“非常担忧”民主党会在中期选举前再次试图停摆政府
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
参议院距离为选择停摆政府的议员增设严厉惩罚措施又近了一步。
当地时间周三，参议院全票通过了来自路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪的一项决议案。该决议若获得最终通过，将禁止议员在未来政府停摆期间领取薪酬。此前一度罕见的政府停摆现象，在过去一年中已多次成为民主党手中的政治武器。
尽管曾引发美国历史上两次最长时间的政府停摆，参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默仍带领参议院民主党议员与共和党议员一道推进该法案，等待最终投票。
舒默支持共和党针对未来停摆的惩戒方案：“我会投赞成票”
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但该法案通过第一道关卡，并未完全打消外界担忧：民主党仍可能在秋季中期选举前再次迫使政府停摆。
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，法案通过“有所帮助”，但他暗示民主党此举更多是出于政治考量。
“我认为他们已经意识到，如果你在此时反对这项法案，处境会非常不利——此时有大量联邦政府雇员拿不到薪水，而你们这些议员却投票反对剥夺自己的薪酬，当其他人都没收入的时候，”图恩说道。
参议院共和党人否决白宫1亿美元宴会厅预算请求：“你随便编的数”
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“所以我认为这对民主党议员来说是一场非常艰难的政治投票，”他补充道，“我认为他们已经认识到了这一点，我猜他们昨天在党团午餐会上进行了相当充分的讨论。”
肯尼迪将该决议描述为一项“共同牺牲”的法案，但它要到本次选举周期结束后才能生效，这进一步加剧了人们的担忧：民主党可能会故技重施。
“如果我能当一天国王——我不是，也不渴望成为国王——但如果可以的话，我会让这项决议立即生效，”肯尼迪说，“因为我……非常担忧我的民主党参议院同僚会在选举前再次试图停摆政府，以此制造混乱，影响中期选举结果。”
肯尼迪的决议将指示参议院秘书扣留议员薪酬，直至政府停摆结束。普通参议员年薪为17.4万美元，两党党团领袖年薪则可超过19.3万美元。
参议院酝酿新的严厉施压手段，对新一轮政府停摆的担忧与日俱增
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而该决议仅适用于参议院——肯尼迪在投票前的参议院议场上明确说明了这一点。
在持续43天的奥巴马医改额外保费税收抵免停摆，以及最新的国土安全部76天停摆事件后，参议院内涌现的不止肯尼迪的这项提案。
这是因为在过去一年半里，政府停摆已成为常态，民主党多次将其作为谈判筹码。仅在特朗普第二任期内，国会就曾四次濒临政府停摆。
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威斯康星州共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊一直在推动《停摆公平法案》，该法案要求政府停摆期间在职联邦员工必须获得薪酬。
俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员詹姆斯·兰克福德则提出了《防止政府停摆法案》，该法案将自动为政府提供两周的拨款，直至国会达成全面的拨款协议。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Senate takes major first step to prevent future shutdowns with painful accountability play
May 13, 2026 1:17pm EDT / Fox News
Kennedy says he’s ‘very concerned’ Democrats will try to shut down the government again before midterm elections
By Alex Miller, Fox News
The Senate is one step closer to adding painful consequences for lawmakers who choose to shut down the government.
The upper chamber on Wednesday unanimously advanced a resolution from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., that, if passed, would prevent lawmakers from getting paid during future shutdowns. It comes after the once-rare occurrence became a political cudgel wielded by Democrats time and again in the last year.
Despite having spurred the two longest shutdowns in history, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats joined Republicans to move the measure along for a final vote.
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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives at a Senate Republican policy luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2025.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
But its success through the first hurdle has not quite sated concerns that Democrats will again try to force another shutdown before the midterm elections in the fall.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital that its success “helps” but suggested that the move from Democrats was more political than not.
“I think it’s, they realize, I mean, that’s a really bad posture to be in if you’re opposing something like that at a time when you got a lot of government employees who aren’t getting paid, and, you know, people up here are voting against depriving themselves of pay when everybody else is not getting paid,” Thune said.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer returns to the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2026.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“So I just think that’s a very difficult political vote for Democrats,” he continued. “I think they’ve recognized it, and I’m guessing they had a fairly robust conversation at their lunch yesterday.”
Kennedy’s resolution, which he described as a resolution of “shared sacrifice,” can’t take effect until after the upcoming election cycle, adding more concern that Democrats may be tempted to repeat the cycle.
“If I were king for a day — I’m not, I don’t aspire to be — but if I were, I’d make this resolution effective immediately,” Kennedy said.”Because I’m … very concerned that my Senate colleagues on the Democratic side are going to try to shut down the government yet again right before the elections to try to create chaos to affect the midterm elections.”
Kennedy’s resolution would direct the secretary of the Senate to withhold lawmakers’ pay until a shutdown is resolved. A rank-and-file senator earns $174,000 per year, while a leader of either party can earn over $193,000 per year.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 16, 2025, after a last-minute block from Senate Democrats halted a government funding package.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
And it would only pertain to the Senate — a point he made clear on the Senate floor just before the vote.
Kennedy’s push isn’t the only one that’s brewed in the Senate following the 43-day shutdown over enhanced Obamacare premium tax credits and the latest 76-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
That’s because shutdowns have become a common tool over the last year and a half that Democrats have turned to as a negotiating counterpoint. In Trump’s second term alone, Congress has been on the precipice of a closure four times.
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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has been pushing his Shutdown Fairness Act, which would require that working federal workers are paid during a shutdown.
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., has the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, which would automatically fund the government for two-week stretches until Congress lands on a compromise funding deal.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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