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兰克福德与哈桑计划在肯尼迪修改薪酬规则后加快推进《防止政府停摆法案》
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
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参议员兰克福德提出法案以避免政府停摆
福克斯新闻资深国会记者查德·珀格拉姆与俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员詹姆斯·兰克福德做客《福克纳焦点》，就政府停摆进入首个无薪周时联邦雇员薪酬支付投票失败一事展开讨论。
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【福克斯新闻独家首发】 参议院正采取另一项举措防止政府停摆，这一次是要彻底杜绝停摆发生。
此次行动此前，路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪成功修改了参议院规则，禁止议员在停摆期间领取薪酬——此举旨在确保参议员在未来政府停摆期间，能和联邦雇员一样切身感受到痛苦。
但俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员詹姆斯·兰克福德与新罕布什尔州民主党参议员玛吉·哈桑正进一步采取行动，彻底防止政府停摆再次发生。
参议院通过问责法案，迈出防止未来停摆的重要第一步
2026年3月23日，参议员詹姆斯·兰克福德在华盛顿特区国会大厦内行走。（希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社）
兰克福德长期以来一直在推动《防止政府停摆法案》，数年前就差一点成功通过该法案。如今借着肯尼迪修改规则的余热，他计划重新提交这项立法，并加快推进至全院投票。
兰克福德在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示，美国民众已经对“毫无意义的政府停摆闹剧以及国会将联邦雇员和政府服务作为政治对峙筹码的行为”感到厌倦。
他说：“《防止政府停摆法案》用一个简单的理念永久终结政府停摆：如果国会未能履职，国会就不能放假回家。我们将压力从美国民众身上转移到他们选举出的议员身上。此前这项法案只差三票就能通过，现在是时候完成这项工作了。”
历史性停摆导致员工无薪后，参议员同意停摆期间放弃薪酬
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肯尼迪参议员的提案遭民主党人阻挠，国土安全部停摆期间议员薪酬被扣法案落空
一旦再次发生政府停摆，该法案将自动触发短期融资延期，每次维持政府运作14天。该法案还将对议员及其幕僚施加严格限制，禁止他们使用纳税人资金前往华盛顿特区以外的地方出差。
法案还将取消国会代表团海外出行计划，并阻止议员休会——这是本届国会期间43天和76天政府停摆期间，参众两院遭到的主要批评点之一。
鉴于肯尼迪的规则修改获得了全票支持，人们乐观地认为兰克福德和哈桑的法案也将获得同样结果。
共和党人希望永久终结政府停摆，担忧民主党会再次引发停摆
2025年11月10日，新罕布什尔州民主党参议员玛吉·哈桑在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦内。（亚伦·施瓦茨/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
哈桑在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示，该法案“激励国会按时为政府提供资金，并确保在国会无法达成协议时，有预案保护民众家庭和我们的经济”。
她说：“政府停摆代价高昂、本可避免，却让新罕布什尔州乃至全美民众为国会的失职买单。”
兰克福德上次在2023年推进该法案时以微弱差距失败，当时几乎所有参议院民主党人都投了反对票，而几乎所有参议院共和党人——除了肯塔基州参议员兰德·保罗——都投了支持票。
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议员们仍在应对最近一次停摆的连锁反应，此次停摆导致国土安全部及其数万名联邦员工数月未领到薪酬。
共和党人正深入推进预算和解程序，以完成该机构移民业务的资金拨付，预计将于本周末在参议院推进相关法案。
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 plots permanent end to government shutdowns with bipartisan push
May 20, 2026 1:00pm EDT / Fox News
Sens. Lankford and Hassan plan to fast-track the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act after Kennedy’s pay rule change
By Alex Miller, Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383758955112
Sen. Lankford proposes bill to avoid government shutdowns
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., join ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss the failed vote to pay federal workers amid the government shutdown as they enter their first week without pay.
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FIRST ON FOX:The Senate is taking another step to prevent government shutdowns, this time to stop them from happening altogether.
It’s a move that comes after Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., successfully changed the Senate rules to prevent lawmakers in the upper chamber from being paid during shutdowns — a play designed to ensure that senators feel the same pain as federal workers during future closures.
But Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., are taking things a step further to outright prevent government shutdowns from ever happening again.
SENATE TAKES MAJOR FIRST STEP TO PREVENT FUTURE SHUTDOWNS WITH PAINFUL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAY
Sen. James Lankford walks through the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2026.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Lankford has long been pushing his Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, and was nearly successful in passing it years ago. Now, with momentum still fresh from Kennedy’s rule change, he plans to reintroduce the legislation and fast-track it to a floor vote.
Lankford contended in a statement to Fox News Digital that Americans had grown wary of “worthless government shutdown drama and Congress using federal workers and government services as pawns in political standoffs.”
“The Prevent Government Shutdowns Act ends government shutdowns forever with a simple idea: if Congress doesn’t do its job, Congress doesn’t get to go home,” he said. “We shift the pressure off the American people and onto the people they elected. We came within three votes of passing this before, and it is time to finish the job.”
SENATORS AGREE TO GO WITHOUT PAY DURING SHUTDOWNS AFTER HISTORIC CLOSURES LEFT WORKERS UNPAID
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Sen. Kennedy stunned as Democrat blocks bill to withhold congressional pay during DHS shutdown
In the event of another shutdown, the legislation would automatically trigger a short-term funding extension to keep the government open for 14 days at a time. It would also install strict limits on lawmakers and their staff by preventing them from embarking on taxpayer-funded travel outside of Washington, D.C.
It would also nix congressional delegations overseas and prevent lawmakers from taking a recess, a key point of criticism against both chambers during the 43-day and 76-day government shutdowns that happened during this Congress.
Given the unanimous support for Kennedy’s rule change, there’s optimism that Lankford and Hassan’s bill will have the same result.
REPUBLICANS EYE ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS FOREVER OVER FEARS DEMS WILL DO IT AGAIN
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2025.(Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Hassan said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the bill “incentivizes Congress to fund the government on time and ensures that there is a plan in place to protect families and our economy if Congress cannot come to an agreement.”
“Government shutdowns are costly, avoidable, and make people in New Hampshire and across the country pay the price for the failures of Congress,” Hassan said.
Lankford’s last attempt to advance the legislation in 2023 narrowly failed, with nearly every Senate Democrat voting against it while nearly every Senate Republican — save for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. — supported it.
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Lawmakers are still dealing with the ripple effects of the latest shutdown, which saw the Department of Homeland Security and its tens of thousands of federal workers go without pay for months.
Republicans are deep into the budget reconciliation process to finish funding immigration operations at the agency and are expected to advance the package from the Senate by week’s end.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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