2026年5月13日 美国东部时间下午4:09 / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)
作者:莎拉·费里斯
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3月16日,乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在华盛顿特区向参众两院议员发表视频讲话。
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一个小型共和党议员团体违抗了本党领导层——以及总统唐纳德·特朗普——迫使众议院近期就一项重大法案进行表决,该法案将向乌克兰提供美国军事支持,并对俄罗斯实施严厉制裁。
由共和党掌控的众议院目前有望在6月初就特朗普第二任期内国会首项重大援乌法案进行投票,这是对他处理乌克兰冲突方式的谴责。
近几个月来,特朗普的外交政策重心完全放在伊朗身上,俄罗斯对乌克兰的残酷战争仍在继续,美国几乎没有介入。特朗普曾承诺就职后迅速结束这场冲突,但迄今未取得任何实质性进展。最近还有一次,总统放松了对俄罗斯石油的限制,以缓解美国对伊朗战争对全球油价的影响,这一举措激怒了本党部分议员。
众议院阵亡将士纪念日休会后不久将就新的对俄制裁法案进行投票,这对议长迈克·约翰逊及其领导团队来说可能是一大难题。当前的政治环境本已艰难,处境脆弱的议员们迫切希望本党优先解决国内物价问题,而非卷入另一场全球冲突。
不过目前尚不清楚共和党领导层是否会动员议员反对该法案,也不清楚白宫是否会试图挫败这项努力。与此同时,共和党领导层正试图在众议院几乎没有容错空间的情况下通过一项重大移民拨款法案。
多名共和党和民主党消息人士预测,这项援乌法案将在众议院获得通过,但补充称其在参议院的命运仍不明朗。(过去有几名共和党议员明确支持乌克兰,但目前尚不清楚是否有足够多的参议员达到关键的60票门槛。)如果国会确实通过这项法案,这将是自乔·拜登政府时期一项引发争议的追加拨款法案以来,议员们在俄乌战争问题上首次采取重大行动。
但即便法案未能通过,共和党支持者表示,这也将向特朗普和本党领导层传递一个强有力的信号。
加州众议员凯文·凯利是一名经常与共和党投一致票的无党派议员,他是解除程序请愿书所需的最后一个签名——这一程序性工具可绕过领导层——从而迫使众议院进行投票。在同事们的密集游说下,他最终签署了请愿书。
“我已经考虑这件事相当长时间了。我和国会里的同事以及选区的民众进行了多次对话,我认为现在是合适的时机,因为你可以看到乌克兰最近取得了进展,俄罗斯的实力有所削弱——但同时停火协议破裂,我们再次面临敌对行动,”凯利在周三下午说道。
“要让外交在这里发挥作用,我们需要额外的筹码。国会有能力提供这种筹码,而这就是途径,”他继续说道。
共和党温和派众议员、国会乌克兰核心小组联合主席布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克花了数月时间,与纽约州民主党众议员格雷格·米克斯合作,凑齐了必要的218个签名,以便无需约翰逊批准即可将该法案快速提交全院表决。
“向我们的乌克兰朋友传递一个信息:援助即将到来,”就在凯利正式签署请愿书后不久,菲茨帕特里克周三对CNN说道。
该法案包括对俄罗斯领导人及包括顶级银行、石油和矿业公司在内的机构实施严格制裁。它还将对所有进口到美国的俄罗斯商品征收500%的关税,并禁止进口俄罗斯原油。
法案还包括对乌克兰的新军事支持,包括批准80亿美元的武器销售,并延长拜登时期的军事租借计划。
顶级议员们已同意通过各种国防方案向乌克兰提供部分美国援助,但这一举措遭到了白宫的抵制。
资深共和党议员、参议员米奇·麦康奈尔上个月发表了一篇专栏文章,指责五角大楼官员违背国会意愿“扣留”对乌克兰的资金。国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯随后表示,4亿美元资金已拨付到位。
GOP centrists defy Trump and force future House vote on major Russian sanctions bill
2026-05-13 4:09 PM ET / CNN
By Sarah Ferris
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a video address to senators and members of the US House gathered in Washington, DC, on March 16.
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A small bloc of GOP lawmakers defied their leadership — and President Donald Trump — by forcing the House to soon take up a major bill to deliver US military support to Ukraine while imposing steep sanctions on Russia.
The GOP-led House is now on track to vote in early June on Congress’ first major pro-Ukraine measure of Trump’s second term, in a rebuke of his handling of the conflict there.
With Trump’s foreign policy focus squarely on Iran in recent months, Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine has continued with little US involvement. Trump has made no tangible progress in his vow to quickly end the conflict upon taking office. And in one recent instance, the president aggravated some members of his party by loosening restrictions on Russian oil to lessen the global price impact of the US war in Iran.
The vote on new Russian sanctions, expected shortly after the House’s Memorial Day recess, is likely to be a major headache for Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team in an already difficult political environment where vulnerable lawmakers are eager for the party to address prices at home, rather than weigh in on another global conflict.
It’s not yet clear, however, if GOP leaders will whip against the bill nor whether the White House will attempt to quash the effort, which comes as party leaders are separately attempting to pass a major immigration funding package with little room for error on the floor.
Multiple GOP and Democratic sources predicted the Ukraine bill would pass in the House, but added its fate is uncertain in the Senate. (Several Republicans there have been vocal Ukraine supporters in the past, but it’s not clear if there are enough senators to reach the critical 60-vote threshold.) If Congress does pass the measure, it would stand as lawmakers’ first big move on the Russia-Ukraine war since a contentious supplemental funding bill dating to Joe Biden’s presidency.
But even if the bill fails, GOP supporters say it would send a powerful message to Trump and their party leaders.
California Rep. Kevin Kiley, an independent who frequently votes with the GOP, was the final signature needed on a discharge petition — a procedural tool used to circumvent leadership – to force the vote. He signed on after an intense lobbying effort by his colleagues.
“I’ve been looking at it for quite a while now. I’ve had lots of conversations with folks here, folks in my district and I think the time is right now, given the recent gains you’ve seen by Ukraine, the weakening of Russia’s position – but then also the fact that the ceasefire fell apart and we have renewed hostilities,” Kiley said Wednesday afternoon.
“For diplomacy to work here, we need additional leverage. Congress has the ability to provide that leverage, and this is the way,” he continued.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a GOP centrist and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, spent months working with Rep. Greg Meeks, a Democrat from New York, to land the necessary 218 signatures to fast-track the bill to the floor without Johnson’s approval.
“A message to our Ukrainian friends: Help is on the way,” Fitzpatrick told CNN on Wednesday, just after Kiley formally signed on.
The measure includes strict sanctions on Russian leaders and institutions, including top banks, oil and mining companies. It also includes 500% tariffs on all Russian goods imported to the US and a ban on imported Russian crude oil.
There’s also new military support for Ukraine, including authorizing $8 billion for arms sales, and an extension of the Biden-era military lend-lease program.
Top lawmakers have agreed to send some US aid to Ukraine in various defense packages, but not without resistance from the White House.
One senior Republican — Sen. Mitch McConnell — published an op-ed last month accusing Pentagon officials of “withholding” funds from Ukraine over the wishes of Congress. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has since said the $400 million has been released.
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