由众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨领衔的这封信称，”我们认为，为了我们的选民利益，我们应继续开会”
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月6日 美国东部时间下午1:00
福克斯独家消息： 鉴于伊朗局势”迅速演变”，一群民主党人正要求众议院议长、来自路易斯安那州的共和党人迈克·约翰逊下周继续让众议院留在华盛顿特区。
他们在周五致众议院领袖的信中写道：”这些袭击已导致全球范围内威胁评估升级，并造成多人死亡，其中包括六名美国军人的悲惨牺牲。在这个敏感时期，随着事态继续发展，我们认为继续开会符合我们选民的最大利益。”
这封信由佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨和众议院民主党核心小组的另外九名成员领衔发起，距离美国和以色列首次对伊朗高级领导层及军事资产发动打击已近一周。
他们呼吁约翰逊不仅要让众议院继续开会，还要鼓励与美国国家安全相关的委员会召开会议，以应对不断升级的威胁环境。
（众议院议长迈克·约翰逊，R-路易斯安那州，在华盛顿国会大厦准备关键程序性投票前与记者会面时做手势，2026年2月3日。图片来源：J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo）
民主党人写道：”正如总统自己承认的那样，针对伊朗的当前军事行动可能会持续数周。这场行动的迅速发展及其对国内的潜在影响，要求我们坚定地履行立法职责。”
“如果众议院在我们外交政策的这个关键时刻缺席，我们就是在辜负选民。我们敦促你取消下周的休会，以便我们履行监督职责。”
民主党人和共和党人对这一行动的反应在很大程度上呈现党派分歧。
众议院投票支持特朗普的”史诗狂怒”行动继续在伊朗展开
民主党人指责政府在未明确结束条件的情况下将美国卷入另一场中东冲突，同时无视国会的宪法权力。与此同时，共和党人坚持认为白宫是在为国家最大利益行使职权。
（佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯考维茨在华盛顿国会大厦投票后对媒体讲话，2025年6月23日。图片来源：Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
众议院下周全部休会，共和党议员将前往佛罗里达州唐纳德·特朗普的多拉高尔夫俱乐部参加年度议员务虚会，在那里他们将继续关注华盛顿的事态发展，同时讨论今年剩余时间的政策。
民主党人在2月底也举行了自己的年度务虚会。
特朗普称”失败者”舒默和民主党人会批评他对伊朗的任何决定
但在民主党人抨击约翰逊离开华盛顿之际，共和党人指责他们自己在国家安全问题上玩弄政治。
众议院共和党领袖利用一项两党法案进行了国土安全部(DHS)资金的投票，而民主党人几周前已经拒绝了该法案，理由是它未能充分遏制特朗普的移民打击行动。
共和党人辩称，伊朗局势的持续恶化加剧了自民主党拒绝最初两党协议后开始的国土安全部停摆的影响。
周四，除四名民主党人外，所有其他民主党人都投票反对该法案。
约翰逊在投票后表示：”在我们所有人都生活在的这种威胁环境加剧的时刻，他们不想为那些负责保护美国人安全的机构提供资金。我们担心国内的休眠细胞，担心每个美国人的安全。而民主党人在这里玩弄政治。”
一名众议院共和党领袖助手向福克斯新闻数字版回应莫斯考维茨的信时表示：”国会参众两院的两党多数刚刚投票支持特朗普总统和’史诗狂怒’行动，因为他们知道伊朗政权对美国安全和中东稳定构成了真正威胁。相比之下，大多数众议院民主党人，包括莫斯考维茨议员，投票维持国土安全部关闭，以保护他们允许进入我国的犯罪非法移民。”
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Democrats pressure Mike Johnson to keep House in Washington over ‘rapidly developing’ Iran operation
The letter led by Rep. Jared Moskowitz says, ‘We believe it is in the best interest of our constituents if we remain in session’
By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published March 6, 2026 1:00pm EST
FIRST ON FOX: A group of Democrats is demanding that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., keep the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., next week in light of the ‘rapidly evolving’ situation in Iran.
‘The attacks have resulted in heightened threat assessments around the globe as well as multiple deaths, including the tragic loss of six U.S. service members. At this sensitive time, we believe it is in the best interest of our constituents if we remain in session as events continue to develop,’ they wrote to the chamber’s leader on Friday.
The letter is being led by Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and nine other members of the House Democratic Caucus, and comes nearly a week after the U.S. and Israel first launched strikes targeting Iran’s senior leadership and military assets.
They’re calling on Johnson to not only keep the House in session but encourage meetings of the committees relevant to U.S. national security in light of the heightened threat environment.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., gestures as he meets with reporters ahead of a key procedural vote to end the partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 3, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
‘By the President’s own admission, current military operations against Iran could be sustained for weeks. The rapid developments of such an operation, and its potential impact here at home, require a firm commitment to legislative engagement,’ the Democrats wrote.
‘If the House of Representatives is absent during such a pivotal moment in our foreign policy, we will be failing our constituents. We urge you to cancel next week’s recess so that we may fulfill our oversight duty.’
Democrats and Republicans’ responses to the operation have largely fallen across party lines.
HOUSE VOTES TO LET TRUMP’S OPERATION EPIC FURY CONTINUE IN IRAN
Democrats have accused the administration of plunging the U.S. into another Middle East conflict without a clear ending while running roughshod over Congress’ constitutional authority. Republicans, meanwhile, maintain that the White House is acting within its authority in the best interests of the country.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., speaks to members of the media, following a vote at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2025.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The House is out all next week as Republican lawmakers head to President Donald Trump’s Doral golf club in Florida for their annual member retreat, where they will continue to monitor developments in Washington while discussing policy for the remainder of this year.
Democrats had their own annual retreat in late February.
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But as Democrats hammer Johnson for leaving D.C., Republicans are accusing them of playing politics with the national security situation themselves.
House GOP leaders held a vote on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) using a bipartisan bill that Democrats had already walked away from weeks ago, arguing it did not do enough to rein in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Republicans argued that the ongoing situation with Iran is worsening the effects of the ongoing DHS shutdown, which began after Democrats shunned the initial bipartisan deal.
All but four House Democrats voted against the bill on Thursday.
‘They do not want to fund the agencies whose job it is to keep Americans safe at this time of this heightened threat environment that we’re all living in,’ Johnson said after the vote. ‘We’re concerned about sleeper cells in the country. We’re concerned about the safety of every American. And the Democrats are playing politics here.’
A House GOP leadership aide told Fox News Digital in response to Moskowitz’s letter, ‘Bipartisan majorities in both chambers of Congress just voted to support President Trump and Operation Epic Fury because they know the Iranian regime is a real threat to American security and Middle East stability. By contrast, most House Democrats, including Rep. Moskowitz, voted to keep the Department of Homeland Security closed in order to protect the criminal illegal immigrants they allowed into our country.’
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