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参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩周五凌晨2点19分以仅5名参议员在场的程序性投票通过两党国土安全部拨款法案
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白宫敦促议员暂停复活节休假 因国土安全部拨款谈判陷入僵局
福克斯新闻首席国会记者查德·珀格拉姆在《特别报道》节目中报道参议院未能推进众议院终结政府停摆法案后的部分停摆情况。
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如果国会的一个议院没有就一项重要立法进行正式唱名投票，却在周五凌晨2点19分通过了该法案，你会作何感想？
你会不会效仿国会大厦对面的同僚，也玩点国会花招？比如在同一周五晚上11点28分，通过一项同等重要的同名法案——同时正式回避对该法案进行直接的赞成/反对投票。
这就是上周晚些时候发生的事情。参议院以全票100票通过了一项为国土安全部大部分部门提供本财年剩余资金的法案，但却是在周五凌晨2点19分、仅有5名参议员在场的情况下以口头表决方式通过的。
众议院共和党人对此嗤之以鼻。于是他们在周五午夜前通过了自己的法案——为国土安全部所有部门提供资金。但从技术层面讲，众议院甚至没有直接对该立法本身进行投票。众议院投票通过了一项“规则”（用于管理法案辩论程序）。随着该规则获得通过，众议院“认定”背后的国土安全部拨款法案已经通过。
共和党领导人支持特朗普的“抗停摆”举措 以结束国土安全部拨款中断
参议院以全票100票通过了一项为国土安全部大部分部门提供本财年剩余资金的法案，但却是在周五凌晨2点19分、仅有5名参议员在场的情况下以口头表决方式通过的。（艾玛·伍德黑德/福克斯新闻数字频道）
但尽管如此，参众两院并未达成一致。他们并未通过完全相同的法案。尽管采取了议会策略，众议院共和党人还是恳求参议院在周一凌晨通过他们周五晚间批准的法案——不需要唱名投票，且只需两名参议员在场即可。
如果你听懂了以上所有内容，那这就是过去几天国会山发生的真实情况，议员们正努力结束为期六周的国土安全部停摆。
周四傍晚早些时候，人们就已经清楚，参议院无法通过一项党派性的共和党国土安全部拨款法案，因为从下午开始的冗长唱名投票已经没有通过的可能。
但此时已有了动作。
特朗普政府采取重大举措 缓解停摆持续期间国土安全部员工面临的“不公平负担”
国会原本计划周五开始为期15天的复活节和逾越节休假。若此时不解决危机，议员们就将离开华盛顿直到4月中旬，这意味着停摆也将持续到那时，机场安检队伍将不断变长。
因此，南达科他州联邦参议员、参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩开始着手制定一项既能在参议院通过、又有可能在众议院通过的法案，赶在所有人离开华盛顿休假之前。
图恩本周早些时候曾表示，参议院通常要到“周四”，僵局才可能开始缓和。他说得没错。参议院确实有渠道通过一项两党法案来解决国土安全部的大部分资金危机。因此，图恩从周四深夜一直工作到周五凌晨，他的目标未必是说服两党参议员支持他提交的法案，而是说服持怀疑态度的参议员不要提出反对，以免全盘皆输。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（R-S.D.）策划了一项计划，旨在华盛顿进入复活节休会前让法案在参议院通过。（内森·波斯纳/安纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
参议院有一套名为“热线”的程序。每当领导层想要安排一系列投票、确定特定修正案的顺序，或许还分配辩论时间时，就会向全体100名参议员发送“热线”通知。如果有参议员反对，他们会告知领导层。这能提前简化流程，也确保参议员不会被所谓的“一致同意请求”打个措手不及。一致同意请求，或称“UC请求”，在参议院中非常常见。
参议院最有力的工具之一就是“一致同意”。如果你获得全体100名参议员的一致同意，你甚至可以让太阳从西边升起。但只要有一名参议员反对，就能否决一项一致同意请求——哪怕其他99名参议员都表示同意。
幕后的热线程序会提前解决这个问题。任何参议员都可以提出反对，阻挠图恩的国土安全部大部分部门拨款提案。但如果他提前私下里和所有100名参议员都沟通妥当，就应该不会有任何问题。
这就是为什么图恩在周五凌晨2点19分走上议会讲台。没有任何一名参议员提出反对。于是这位南达科他州共和党人和5名参议员同事一起走上讲台，通过了这项法案。不是通过一致同意，而是通过所谓的“口头表决”——赞成的议员大声喊“赞成”，反对的则喊“反对”，声音更大的一方获胜。参议院通过了该法案，没有进行唱名投票。
众议院共和党人强行通过新的国土安全部拨款计划 停摆仍远未结束
所以，这并非深夜偷偷摸摸夹带通过的法案。如果有参议员对此有顾虑，他们本可以通过热线提出反对。或者更直接一点，在凌晨2点19分来到议会大厅提出异议。简言之，100名参议员、100名幕僚长、100名立法主任和100名法律顾问，所有人都应该知晓图恩的计划。这至少有400人知情，甚至更多。因此，这并非一场有人耍花招的骗局。
到了早上，佛罗里达州联邦参议员里克·斯科特表示他“反对这项法案”。犹他州联邦参议员迈克·李也是如此。
好吧，这没问题。但没有人通过热线提出反对或反驳。也没有人来到议会大厅要求进行唱名投票——甚至没有人辩称参议院无法开展任何业务，因为出席人数未达到法定议事人数。因此，共和党议员对该法案的抱怨不过是学术性或修辞性的反对。如果这些议员真的反对该法案，他们错过了采取行动的机会。
众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（D-N.Y.）甚至暗示支持该法案。（罗伯托·施密特/盖蒂图片社）
外界原本以为众议院可能会勉强在第二天通过该法案，以结束大部分停摆并为TSA（运输安全管理局）员工支付工资。众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（D-N.Y.）暗示支持。拨款委员会最高民主党议员、康涅狄格州联邦众议员罗莎·德拉罗也是如此。诚然，自由派民主党人可能会反对该法案，因为法案没有对移民海关执法局（ICE）进行改革。但该法案可能会获得部分共和党议员和大量民主党议员的支持。事实上，支持该法案的民主党议员可能比共和党议员更多。这对众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-La.）来说将是灾难性的。前众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡（R-Calif.）就是因为在2023年秋季推动两党法案避免政府停摆而丢掉了议长职位。
因此到周五下午，约翰逊强烈反对参议院的法案。
“共和党人绝不会参与任何重新开放边境或终止移民执法的行动，”约翰逊说道，他指出参议院的计划没有为ICE和边境巡逻队提供资金。“昨晚的这场把戏就是个笑话。我完全相信，并非每一位参议院共和党议员都阅读了法案文本。”
换句话说，他们难道没有留意热线通知吗？
参议院周一就国土安全部拨款事宜的预期指南
本人曾询问议长，为何他和图恩未能达成一致。约翰逊指责参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（D-N.Y.）是该法案的幕后推手。我指出“是图恩牵头推动的”。
“我不会说约翰·图恩是这项法案的牵头者，”约翰逊说道。
“他原本可以接受的，”我反驳道。
“查德，让我来回答这个问题，”约翰逊不耐烦地叹了口气说道。
于是众议院继续推进，在周五晚间通过了自己的全面拨款法案。一些众议院共和党人随后期望参议院打破惯例，在周一的简短程序性会议上以一致同意方式通过该法案。换言之，众议院共和党人抨击参议院周五凌晨的做法，但这些共和党议员却希望参议员们在周一以他们批评参议院时所反对的那种方式通过他们的法案。
请注意，当时众议院的法案并未通过热线程序通知所有议员。
“我们很乐意看到他们这么做，”佛罗里达州联邦众议员迈克·哈里佐普洛斯（R-Fla.）周五说道。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-La.）表示，他“不会称约翰·图恩是该法案的牵头者”。（凯文·迪特/盖蒂图片社）
但民主党人派出了一名监督人员守在议会大厅，以防共和党在参议院仅用31秒、出席人数极少的会议上耍花招。
参议院宣布开会，随后又宣布休会。什么都没发生。
“我来这里就是为了提出反对，”特拉华州联邦参议员克里斯·库恩斯（D-Del.）说道。“我就在这里，以防有人搞鬼。”
佛罗里达州联邦众议员兰迪·范恩（R-Fla.）称，参议院共和党人“甚至都没有尝试”通过众议院的法案，这“太离谱了”。但当时在场的唯一一名共和党参议员表示，库恩斯的在场注定了该法案无法通过。
“我们还没有获得一致同意，”主持本次会议的北达科他州联邦参议员约翰·霍文（R-N.D.）说道。“他们拒绝了。显然，参议员库恩斯就是来这么做的。”
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但到了周三，约翰逊周五下午抨击的法案已经即将获得通过。尽管保守派共和党人强烈反对，众议院还是会接受参议院的法案，结束大部分国土安全部停摆。形势发生了转变。特朗普总统对此表示认可。约翰逊和图恩突然达成了一致。
于是共和党控制的众议院将接受参议院周五凌晨最初通过的法案。众议院可能会凭借全国各地众多共和党议员的支持通过该法案。但就像周五凌晨的参议院共和党人一样，可能不会有人返回议会阻挠该法案。
而到了此时，这已不再是深夜策划、只有400人知情的秘密计划。全美各地都已经清楚发生了什么。
查德·珀格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道（FNC）首席国会记者。他于2007年9月加入该媒体，总部位于华盛顿特区。
Behind the scenes of Congress’ eleventh-hour rush to fund the DHS
2026-04-01T21:45:17-04:00 / Fox News
Senate Majority Leader John Thune passed a bipartisan DHS funding bill at 2:19 am Friday with just five senators on the floor
By Chad Pergram Fox News
Published April 1, 2026 9:45pm EDT
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Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the partial government shutdown after the Senate failed to advance a House bill to end it on ‘Special Report.’
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What would you say if one body of Congress didn’t take a formal roll call vote on a major piece of legislation – yet passed it at 2:19 on a Friday morning?
Would you try to outdo your colleagues across the Capitol Rotunda with some Congressional chicanery of your own? Perhaps by passing an equally important version of the same bill – while officially sidestepping a direct up/down vote on the measure – at 11:28 p.m. on that same Friday night.
That’s what happened late last week. The Senate scored approval from all 100 senators to pass a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year – but did it on a voice vote at 2:19 a.m. Friday with only five senators in the chamber.
House Republicans scoffed at this. So they passed their own bill – to fund all of DHS – just before the witching hour Friday. But technically, the House didn’t even vote directly on the legislation itself. The House voted to approve a “rule” (which manages debate for bills). With adoption of that rule, the House “deemed” the underlying DHS funding measure as passed.
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The Senate managed to net the approval of 100 senators to pass a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year – but did it on a voice vote at 2:19 am Friday with only five senators in the chamber.(Emma Woodhead/Fox News Digital)
But despite all of this, the House and Senate weren’t aligned. They hadn’t approved the same bill. And despite the parliamentary antics, House Republicans then implored the Senate to pass the measure it approved Friday night on Monday morning – without a roll call vote and with just two senators in the chamber.
If you followed all of that, that is exactly what’s unfolded on Capitol Hill the past few days as lawmakers struggled to end the six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
It was clear early Thursday evening that there wasn’t a path in the Sente to approve a partisan GOP bill to fund DHS after a lengthy roll call vote which started in the afternoon.
But something was afoot.
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Congress was staring at a 15-day recess for Easter and Passover on Friday. Failure to address the crisis now meant that lawmakers would leave town until the middle of April – extending the shutdown until then as airport lines swelled.
So Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., got to work on something which could pass the Senate – and potentially pass the House – before everyone abandoned Washington for the break.
Thune suggested earlier in the week that the Senate usually has to get “to Thursday” before frozen positions may begin to thaw. He was right. There was a corridor for the Senate to approve a bipartisan bill to tackle most of the funding crisis at DHS. So Thune’s charge late Thursday night and into the wee hours of Friday morning was not necessarily to persuade bipartisan senators to support the bill he was putting on the floor. But instead, Thune’s goal was to coax skeptical senators not to object and blow the whole thing up.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., hatched a plan for something that could pass the Senate before Washington was abandoned for the Easter Recess.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
There’s something called a “hotline” in the Senate. Any time the leadership wants to set up a series of votes, make particular amendments in order and perhaps allocate wedges of time to debate, it sends around a “hotline” to all 100 senators. If any senator objects, they let the leadership know. This streamlines the process ahead of time. It also ensures that senators aren’t blindsided by something called a “unanimous consent” request. Unanimous consent requests, or “UC’s,” happen all the time in the Senate.
One of the most powerful tools in the Senate is “unanimous consent.” If you obtain the “unanimous consent” of all 100 senators, you can make the sun rise in the west. But all it takes is one objection to block a UC – even if all other 99 senators agree.
The behind the scenes hotline takes care of this in advance. Any senator could object and block Thune’s proposal to fund most of DHS. But there shouldn’t be any problem if he cleared it with all 100 senators offstage in advance.
That’s why Thune went to the floor at 2:19 a.m. Friday. Not a single senator flagged his proposal. And so the South Dakota Republican went to the floor with a team of five senators – and passed the bill. Not by UC. But by something called a “voice vote. Those in favor shout yea. Those who oppose holler nay. The louder side wins. The Senate passed the bill. There was no roll call vote.
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So, this wasn’t something snuck by in the dead of night on the sly. If any senator had a reservation, they could have flagged it. Or better yet, come down to the floor at 2:19 a.m. and contested it. In short, there were 100 senators, 100 chiefs of staff, 100 legislative directors and 100 counsels who should have known about Thune’s plan. That’s a universe of at least 400 people – if not more. So, this wasn’t an episode of someone pulling a fast one.
By morning, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said he “opposed this bill.” Same with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.
Well, that’s fine. But no one objected nor pushed back on the hotline. No one went down to the floor to demand a roll call vote – or even argued that the Senate couldn’t do anything because there wasn’t a quorum present to conduct business. So anything said by Republican senators upset about the bill were simply academic or rhetorical objections. If those senators truly opposed the bill, they missed their opportunity to do something about it.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., even signaled support for the bill.(Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
It was thought that the House might take up the bill – reluctantly – the next day to end most of the shutdown and pay TSA workers. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., signaled support. So did Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. Granted, liberal Democrats might oppose the bill because there weren’t changes at ICE. But the bill probably would have passed with some Republicans and lots of Democrats. In fact, there may have been more Democratic yeas than Republican yeas. That would have been toxic for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lost his gavel over moving a bipartisan bill to avoid a shutdown in the fall of 2023.
So by Friday afternoon, Johnson strenuously lodged his opposition to the Senate bill.
“Republicans are not going to be any part of any effort to reopen our borders or to stop immigration enforcement,” said Johnson, noting that the Senate plan left out funding for ICE and the Border Patrol. “This gambit that was done last night is a joke. I’m quite convinced that it can’t be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill.”
In other words, were they not dialed in on the hotline?
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Yours truly questioned the Speaker, asking why he and Thune weren’t on the same page. Johnson accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. of being behind the bill. I pointed out that Thune “was the engineer behind this.”
“I wouldn’t call John Thune the engineer of this,” said Johnson.
“He didn’t have the accept it,” I countered.
“Let me answer the question, Chad,” sighed an exasperated Johnson.
So the House forged ahead and passed its own bill to fully fund DHS Friday night. Some House Republicans then expected the Senate to break custom and pass its bill – by unanimous consent – during a brief pro forma session Monday. In other words, House Republicans ripped the Senate for what it did early Friday morning. But those same House Republicans wanted senators to approve THEIR bill on Monday the same way they criticized the Senate for passing its bill on Friday.
Note that there was no hotline for the House bill at that point.
“We’d love to see them do that,” said Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., on Friday.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., said he “wouldn’t call John Thune the engineer” behind the bill.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
But Democrats dispatched a watchdog to guard the floor against any possible GOP chicanery as the Senate met for 31 seconds with meager attendance.
The Senate gaveled in. The Senate gaveled out. Nothing happened.
“I was there to object,” said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. “I was here just in case there were some shenanigans.”
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., called it “insane” that Senate Republicans “didn’t even try” to pass the House bill. But the lone Senate Republican on duty said the presence of Coons doomed that to failure.
“We don’t have consent yet,” said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., who presided over the session. “They declined. Obviously Sen. Coons was there to do that.”
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But by Wednesday, the bill which Johnson trashed Friday afternoon was on its way to passage. Despite a sea of opposition from conservative Republicans, the House would accept the Senate bill and end most of the DHS shutdown. The Earth shifted. President Trump was fine with this. Suddenly, Johnson and Thune were on the same page.
So the Republican House would eat what the Senate originally cooked up early Friday morning. And the House would likely approve it with lots of Republicans spread around the country. But like Senate Republicans early Friday morning, no one would likely return to block it.
And by now, this wasn’t something engineered in the dead of night that only 400 people knew about. The entire country was more than aware what happened.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
