2026年3月30日 美国东部夏令时下午1:38 / 福克斯新闻
随着部分政府停摆进入第七周，民主党参议员克里斯·孔斯称参议员们“每天都在各自家乡州开展工作”
作者：亚当·帕克，福克斯新闻
尽管国土安全部数千名员工已经七个星期没有领到薪水，一些议员仍在为原定的休会计划辩护，因为资金僵持局面仍在持续。
特拉华州民主党参议员克里斯·孔斯周一反驳了“参议员应该留在国会，直到议员们达成协议为国土安全部提供资金”的说法。这位民主党议员前往美国国会大厦，阻止共和党在原定的“形式上”会议期间就结束部分政府停摆的相关议案在全院进行表决。
“你怎么为接下来两周不在岗辩护？”哥伦比亚广播公司新闻国会记者尼科尔·基利翁问孔斯，“如今已经停摆45天了。两党还能继续玩这种指责游戏吗？”
“你很清楚我们并没有离岗，”孔斯回应道，“我们每天都在各自家乡州开展工作。对我们大多数人来说，这段时间正好可以往返于本州各地，会见选民，倾听他们的诉求。”
2025年1月27日，华盛顿特区，参议员克里斯·孔斯走过美国国会大厦的参议院地铁通道。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
民主党人阻止国土安全部拨款，共和党人拒绝其反提案，图恩称舒默“在绕圈子”
这场激烈的交锋之际，数万名国土安全部员工已被强制休假，或被迫无薪上岗，此次创纪录的资金中断已持续多周。尽管唐纳德·特朗普总统已采取行政行动，用现有资金为运输安全管理局（TSA）员工支付工资，但其他许多国土安全部员工已经七个多星期没有拿到全额薪水。
国会参众两院都定于休会至4月中旬，随着资金僵局持续，这些人员的工资将继续被扣留。
不过议员们仍照常领取薪水，但他们可以选择在政府停摆期间推迟领取薪资。
众议院周五晚间以基本全党派投票结果通过了一项为期两个月的国土安全部拨款延长法案，此前众议院否决了一项两党达成的协议，该协议本可为除国土安全部和边境巡逻队部分部门外的所有部门提供资金。
尽管参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默称该法案在参议院“一提交就会胎死腹中”，因为民主党人会反对，但共和党人还是推进了这项法案。
周一，尽管没有共和党参议员请求以一致同意方式通过众议院通过的法案，但孔斯对议员们可能在参议院休会期间采取这种做法表示不满。
“议员们不得不赶回华盛顿，只为待上五分钟，这极其不便，”孔斯说，“但归根结底，如果这是必要之举，我愿意再次返回华盛顿。”
参议院民主党人始终拒绝为移民海关执法局（ICE）和海关与边境保护局（CBP）提供资金，除非出台全面改革措施，以遏制特朗普对非法移民的镇压行动。
而众议院共和党人则强烈反对在国土安全部拨款法案中不包含国土安全部和海关与边境保护局的资金。
“共和党绝不会参与任何重新开放边境或停止移民执法的行动，”众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党议员迈克·约翰逊周五表示。
参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默称众议院的国土安全部拨款延长法案在参议院“一提交就会胎死腹中”。（罗德·莱姆基 Jr./美联社照片）
运输安全管理局警告：即便拨款到位，停摆仍将留下“长期影响”，重大活动或加剧问题
北达科他州共和党参议员约翰·霍文周一也为原定的休会计划辩护，他告诉记者，尽管停摆进入第七周，议员们仍在继续谈判。这位北达科他州议员主持了一场形式上的会议，期间未审议任何参议院事务。
“由于总统的行动，运输安全管理局的员工拿到了工资，我们对此非常感激，”霍文说，“此外，移民海关执法局和海关与边境保护局也从‘宏伟法案’中获得了资金，他们也领到了工资。第三，我们正努力制定和解法案，并持续进行谈判。”
移民海关执法局和海关与边境保护局正依靠特朗普的《宏伟法案》获得前所未有的资金。但这些机构雇佣的部分文职人员和支持人员在资金中断期间仍未领到工资。
2022年5月4日，华盛顿国会山，参议员约翰·霍文发表讲话。（美联社照片/玛丽安·祖哈布，资料图）
科宁瞄准议员机场快速通道，因国土安全部停摆期间运输安全管理局安检队伍变长
当被福克斯新闻问及数千名未领到薪水的国土安全部员工时，霍文表示，共和党人正在考虑第二项“宏伟法案”，以使国土安全部在特朗普剩余任期内不再受停摆影响。
“我们现在希望通过和解机制制定三年期的拨款方案，”霍文说，他指的是为期三年的国土安全部拨款延长计划，“这样民主党人就不能再这样对付我们了。”
在选举年，第二项预算和解法案很可能会是一项艰巨的任务，可能需要数月时间才能完成。这种做法还可能引发共和党内部的分歧。众议院共和党会议主席、密歇根州共和党议员丽莎·麦克莱恩周五告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她更倾向于通过正常的拨款程序为国土安全部提供资金。
在资金僵持期间，一些参议院共和党人呼吁同僚返回华盛顿，取消休会计划。
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“我们不能因为前所未有的阻挠议事行为而奖励两周休会，”犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李周日晚间在社交媒体上写道，他将矛头指向参议院民主党人。
这位犹他州共和党议员并未出席周一参议院的形式上会议。
Senators defend two-week recess as record-breaking government shutdown drags on
March 30, 2026 1:38pm EDT / Fox News
Sen Chris Coons says senators are ‘working every day in our home states’ as the partial government shutdown drags into its seventh week
By Adam Pack, Fox News
While thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees have gone seven weeks without a paycheck, some lawmakers are defending a planned recess as the funding stalemate drags on.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., objected Monday to the idea that senators should have stayed in session until lawmakers come to an agreement to fund DHS. The Democratic lawmaker traveled to the U.S. Capitol to block potential floor action related to ending the partial government shutdown from Republicans during a planned “pro forma” session.
“How do you justify being off for the next two weeks?” CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion asked Coons. “We’re 45 days in. Can Democrats and Republicans keep affording to play this blame game?”
“You know very well that we’re not off,” Coons responded. “We’re working every day in our home states. For most of us, this is when we have time to go up and down our state and to meet with our constituents and listen to their concerns.”
Sen. Chris Coons walks through the Senate Subway in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
DEMS BLOCK DHS FUNDING AFTER GOP REJECTS THEIR COUNTER, THUNE SAYS SCHUMER ‘GOING IN CIRCLES’
The fiery exchange comes as tens of thousands of DHS employees have been furloughed or are reporting to work without pay during the record-breaking funding lapse. Though President Donald Trump has taken executive action to pay the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workforce with existing funds, many other DHS employees have not received a full paycheck in over seven weeks.
With both chambers of Congress scheduled to be in recess until mid-April, those individuals will continue to have their pay withheld as the funding impasse drags on.
Lawmakers, however, continue to be paid, but have the option to defer their salary during a government shutdown.
The House of Representatives approved a two-month DHS funding extension measure largely along party lines late Friday evening after rejecting a bipartisan Senate deal that would have funded the whole department except for DHS and parts of the Border Patrol.
Republicans advanced the measure despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arguing the bill would be “dead on arrival” in the upper chamber due to opposition from Democrats.
Though no Senate Republican attempted to ask for unanimous consent Monday to approve the House bill, Coons voiced frustration that lawmakers could pursue that approach during the Senate’s recess.
“It is incredibly inconvenient for members to have to come back to Washington just to be there for five minutes,” Coons said. “But ultimately, if that’s what it takes, I’m willing to be the one who comes in again.”
Senate Democrats have consistently refused to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) without sweeping reforms to rein in Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
House Republicans, conversely, have fiercely objected to not including DHS and CBP money in a DHS funding bill.
“Republicans are not going to be any part of any effort to reopen our borders or to stop immigration enforcement,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called a House funding extension for DHS “dead on arrival” in the upper chamber.(Rod Lamkey Jr./AP Photo)
TSA WARNS OF ‘LONGSTANDING’ SHUTDOWN FALLOUT EVEN AFTER FUNDING CLEARS, AND A MAJOR EVENT COULD MAKE IT WORSE
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., also defended the planned recess on Monday, telling reporters that lawmakers are continuing to negotiate as the shutdown enters its seventh week. The North Dakota lawmaker chaired a “pro forma” session during which no Senate business was considered.
“TSA is getting paid, because of the president’s action, and we appreciate that very much,” Hoeven said. “Also, ICE and CBP, there is funding there from the ‘big beautiful bill.’ So they’re getting paid as well. Third, we’re working to set up the reconciliation bill and continuing negotiations.”
Both ICE and CBP are relying on an unprecedented amount of cash from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. However, certain civilians and support staff employed by these agencies have not received a paycheck during the funding lapse.
Sen. John Hoeven speaks May 4, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
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When asked by Fox News about the thousands of DHS employees who are not being paid, Hoeven said Republicans are considering a second “big, beautiful bill” that could make DHS shutdown proof for the remainder of Trump’s presidency.
“We want to now do reconciliation for three years,” Hoeven said, referring to a three-year DHS funding extension. “So the Democrats can’t do this to us again.”
A second budget reconciliation package is likely to be an arduous task in an election year and could take several months to accomplish. The approach also risks dividing Republicans. House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., told Fox News Digital on Friday that she would prefer funding DHS through the normal appropriations process.
Amid the funding stalemate, some Senate Republicans are calling on their colleagues to return to Washington and cancel the recess.
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“We can’t reward unprecedented obstruction with two-week recesses,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote on social media on Sunday evening, referring to Senate Democrats.
The Utah Republican was not present during the upper chamber’s pro forma session Monday.