每日英語跟讀 Ep.K324: Billionaires and Big Checks Shape Battle for Congress
Billionaires cut giant checks to super PACs. Small donors gave online in mass quantities. And both political parties announced record-setting hauls in 2021.
億萬富翁向超級政治行動委員會削減巨額支票。小捐助者在網上大量捐贈數量。兩個政黨都宣布了 2021 年創紀錄的成果。
The 2022 midterm elections were awash in political money even before the year began, according to new Federal Election Commission campaign disclosures.
根據聯邦選舉委員會新的競選活動披露，2022 年中期選舉甚至在年初之前就已經充斥著政治資金。
With control of both chambers up for grabs, the two parties were almost equally matched when it came to fundraising last year. The Democratic and Republican national committees, as well as the main House and Senate committees, pulled in nearly identical sums — about $400 million each.
由於兩院的控制權都在爭奪中，在去年的籌款方面，兩黨幾乎勢均力敵。民主黨和共和黨的全國委員會，以及眾議院和參議院的主要委員會，獲得了幾乎相同的金額——各約 4 億美元。
On the Republican side, several primary contests in the coming months will pit the Trump wing of the party against more traditional Republicans. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the only Republican up for reelection in 2022 to have voted for former President Donald Trump’s impeachment, faces a
right-wing challenge from Kelly Tshibaka, a Trump-endorsed rival.
在共和黨方面，未來幾個月的幾場初選將使該黨的特朗普派與更傳統的共和黨人展開較量。 阿拉斯加州參議員麗莎·穆爾科夫斯基（Lisa Murkowski）是唯一一位在 2022 年競選連任並投票支持彈劾前總統唐納德·特朗普的共和黨人，她面臨著一場
來自特朗普支持的競爭對手凱利·齊巴卡的右翼挑戰。
Among Murkowski’s donors in December was George W. Bush, who listed his occupation as “former president.” Overall, Murkowski raised nearly $1.4 million and reported entering 2022 with $4.2 million cash on hand. Tshibaka raised $602,000 and had $634,000 cash on hand.
去年 12 月，穆爾科夫斯基的捐助者中有布希，他將自己的職業列為“前總統”。總體而言，Murkowski 籌集了近 140 萬美元，並報告說進入 2022 年時手頭有 420 萬美元的現金。 Tshibaka 籌集了 602,000 美元，手頭有 634,000 美元現金。
Bush made one other symbolic donation: the legal maximum of $5,800 to Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, one of the most outspoken anti-Trump Republicans in Congress.
布希還做了另一項象徵性的捐贈：向懷俄明州眾議員利茲切尼提供法定最高 5,800 美元，他是國會中最直言不諱的反特朗普共和黨人之一。
Like Murkowski, Cheney outraised her Trump-backed challenger, Harriet Hageman, collecting $2 million to Hageman’s $443,000 last quarter.
像穆爾科夫斯基一樣，切尼募資兩百萬美元，超過川普支持的挑戰者哈麗特上個季度的 443,000 美元。
The battleground contests expected to determine which party is in the Senate majority are shaping up to be especially expensive. In Georgia, Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, was the top 2022 Senate fundraiser, collecting $9.8 million in the fourth quarter. Warnock had nearly $23 million at the end of the year.
預計將決定哪個政黨在參議院多數席位的戰場競爭正變得尤為昂貴。在佐治亞州，民主黨參議員拉斐爾·沃諾克是 2022 年參議院籌款人最多的人，第四季度籌集了 980 萬美元。到年底，沃諾克擁有近 2300 萬美元。
His likely Republican opponent, former football player Herschel Walker, was urged to run by Trump. Walker has emerged as one of the strongest new Republican fundraisers, raising $5.4 million, with $5.4 million in the bank.
他可能的共和黨對手，前足球運動員赫歇爾沃克是敦促特朗普競選。沃克已經成為最強大的新人之一 共和黨籌款活動，籌集 540 萬美元，其中 540 萬美元存入銀行。
Big money flowed, in particular, to super PACs focused on control of Congress.
尤其是大筆資金流向了專注於控制國會的超級政治行動委員會。
In the House, the leading Republican super PAC and linked nonprofit announced raising twice as much money as the equivalent House Democratic groups, $110 million compared with $55 million last year.
在眾議院，領先的共和黨超級政治行動委員會和相關的非營利組織宣布籌集的資金 1.1 億美元是同等眾議院民主黨團體的兩倍，去年為 5500 萬美元，。 Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/6125265