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Congress, U Up?

2025/5/8
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Annie Grayer
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Chithra Ugarwal
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Jane Koston
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Jane Koston: 我认为美国国会未能有效履行其职责,对总统权力扩张缺乏足够的制衡。国会未能阻止政府的非法行为,例如将非法移民驱逐到萨尔瓦多,也没有行使宪法赋予的权力来监管关税。共和党参议员未能阻止总统单方面实施关税,甚至在共和党内部对关税持有异议的情况下也是如此。众议院共和党人试图通过一项包含总统所有议程的大型法案,但这项法案进展不顺利,反映出共和党内部存在严重分歧。 Annie Grayer: 我观察到国会效率低下,总统主要通过行政命令行事。共和党内部就“宏伟法案”存在严重分歧,导致立法进展缓慢。共和党在削减开支和保护医疗补助计划方面存在矛盾,在医疗补助、边境安全等问题上也存在分歧,这些都阻碍了立法进程。共和党设定的“宏伟法案”截止日期不切实际。民主党在立法过程中几乎没有发挥作用。共和党将所有立法重点都放在一项法案上,导致国会效率极低。共和党过于关注支持总统,忽视了民意。 Chithra Ugarwal: 我是一名小型企业主,关税对我的印度食品企业造成严重经济损失,迫使我采取应对措施,例如冻结招聘,推迟新产品发布等。将生产转移到美国并非所有企业都能实现的解决方案,因为许多关键原料无法在美国大规模生产。

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Over the past few months, you might have been wondering to yourself, “Hey! The president of the United States is running roughshod over the rights of millions of Americans! Where the heck is Congress?” From shirking its constitutional power to regulate tariffs to Republican in-fighting over President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ Congress has been a bit M.I.A. In fact, in his first 100 days back in office, Trump signed fewer bills into law than any new president going back to Eisenhower in the 1950s. So… what gives? Annie Grayer, a senior reporter covering Capitol Hill for CNN, gives us the low-down on what Congress has been up to.

And in headlines: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Asian migrants to Libya, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady because of tariff uncertainty, and India and Pakistan escalated their decades-long tensions over the disputed Kashmir region.

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