更新于：2026年3月9日 / 美国东部时间下午2:35 / CBS新闻
华盛顿 — 加利福尼亚州众议员凯文·凯利周一表示，他立即退出共和党，成为独立人士。
“我今天还要求美国众议院书记员在官方名册中反映这一变动，”凯利在与记者的电话会议中说道。
这一举措使众议院议长迈克·约翰逊本就狭窄的多数优势变得复杂，但凯利表示，他计划“在本届任期剩余时间内继续与共和党核心小组保持合作”。
“我最初就是以共和党人的身份当选的，”他说。
但凯利不愿透露在程序性投票中他是否会成为约翰逊可靠的支持者。路易斯安那州共和党人约翰逊在所有议员出席并投票的情况下，最多只能失去一张选票。
2026年2月11日，众议院司法委员会听证会上，众议员凯文·凯利就司法部长帕姆·邦迪提出质询。 汤姆·威廉姆斯/国会摄影社/盖蒂图片社
凯利的党派转换意味着共和党目前拥有217个席位，民主党214个席位，另有3个空缺。凯利是众议院中唯一的独立人士。
凯利称，他上周末与约翰逊就自己的计划进行了简短讨论。
当被问及他的举动是否可被视为与共和党决裂时，凯利表示，他会“将其描述为我对党派对立本身的不满”。
凯利上周五宣布，他将以独立人士身份参加加利福尼亚州新划定的第6国会选区的竞选，并表示“政治分裂已成为我国的一个严重问题”。
“众所周知，我一直对国会中的极端党派对立感到沮丧，有时甚至感到厌恶。在过去一年中，这导致了美国历史上最长的政府停摆、医疗保健成本大幅上涨，当然还有一场毫无意义的重新划分选区之战。‘杰里米德林格’（选区操纵）的泛滥已从得克萨斯州蔓延到加利福尼亚州，再到全国各州。两党都难辞其咎，”他上周五表示。
这位连任两届的国会议员批评了约翰逊对去年10月至11月持续43天的政府停摆的处理方式。他还在上年末与自己的党派决裂，推动就现已到期的《平价医疗法案》（ACA）增强版保费税收抵免进行投票。最近，他还帮助否决了一项关键程序性投票——该投票本会禁止议员推翻特朗普总统全面的全球关税政策。
Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves GOP to become an independent, complicating Johnson’s majority
Updated on: March 9, 2026 / 2:35 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday he was immediately leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.
“I’m also today asking the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives to have that reflected in the official roster,” Kiley said in a call with reporters.
The move complicates House Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrow majority, though Kiley said he plans to caucus with the Republican Party “for the remainder of this term.”
“That is how I was elected to begin this term,” he said.
But Kiley would not say whether he would be a reliable vote for Johnson during procedural votes. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, can afford to lose one vote, if all members are present and voting.
Rep. Kevin Kiley questions Attorney General Pam Bondi during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Feb. 11, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Kiley’s switch means Republicans now hold 217 seats compared with Democrats’ 214, with three vacancies. Kiley is the only independent in the lower chamber.
Kiley said he had a brief discussion with Johnson over the weekend about his plans.
Asked whether his move could be framed as a falling out with the Republican Party, Kiley said he would “characterize it as my frustration with partisanship itself.”
Kiley announced Friday he would run in California’s newly drawn 6th Congressional District as an independent, saying “political division has become a serious problem for our country.”
“It is no secret I’ve been frustrated, at times disgusted, by the hyper-partisanship in Congress. In the last year it’s led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, a massive increase in healthcare costs, and of course, a pointless redistricting war. The epidemic of gerrymandering has spread from Texas to California to states all across the country. Both parties are complicit,” he said Friday.
The two-term congressman was critical of Johnson’s handling of the 43-day government shutdown that stretched from October to November. He also broke with his party to help force a vote on the now-expired Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits at the end of last year. More recently, he helped sink a key procedural vote that would have barred lawmakers from overturning President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.
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