资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
【学院要闻】你“预约点单” 我“沉浸授课”——吉林杨靖宇干部学院积极开展党的二十大精神宣传培训******
“如果说,我们今天的物质富足、精神富有是社会主义现代化的根本要求。那么不断加强理想信念教育,就会让每个人都成为弘扬优秀文化、坚定文化自信的主体。”;
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“我们的学习书苑通过主题文化墙、核心研读区、教研沙龙区、学习大讲堂等沉浸式教学功能,围绕推动习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想入脑入心、走深走实,深刻领会执政理念,实现课与课的联通、教与学的互动、知与学的融合,进一步促进党的创新理论进课堂、进教材、进头脑,成为学院‘第一课堂’。”……
一段时间以来,吉林杨靖宇干部学院将学习宣传贯彻党的二十大精神融入到干部教育培训中,精心设置课程,采取你“预约点单”,我“沉浸授课”方式,从多个维度积极开展党的二十大精神宣传培训。
与此同时,全面建设社会主义现代化国家的行动纲领、牢牢把握习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论、“数说”二十大等一系列以精神之光照亮奋斗之路激发复兴之志的党的二十大专题课程和精品微课程,也将陆续“走心”“出新”。
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学习形式的多种多样,课堂教学的有声有色,学员听讲的有滋有味,让一个个宣讲学习现场气氛十分热烈。
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纸上谈兵不如严抓落实。《吉林省党员干部教育培训“铸魂赋能”工程四项配套行动计划》下发以来,吉林杨靖宇干部学院紧紧围绕党的二十大主题,以组织一场集中收看、召开一次传达会议、开展一次理论学习、举办一次高端讲坛、实施一轮专题培训、搞好一次基层宣讲等“六个一”形式,在全院范围内组织开展好党的二十大精神学习宣传系列活动,聚力做二十大报告的学习先行者、理论宣传者、践行示范者。
在此基础上,围绕二十大精神谋划《吉林杨靖宇干部学院2023年课程设置规划》,迅速推出学习贯彻的教研成果。将党的二十大精神融入学习书苑第一课堂教学、沉浸式情景教学馆和红色吉林主题教室建设、红色资源系列现场教学点打造提升等学院重点工作中,将培训线路进一步向全省“三地三摇篮”红色标识相关地市拓展延伸,满足学员体验式教学培训需求,不断提升学院红色教育品牌的影响力和知名度。
“我们要先学一步、深学一层、多悟一分,把党的二十大精神落实到教学培训、理论研究、队伍建设和管理服务各方面全过程。深入挖掘东北抗联精神和红色吉林精神的时代价值,讲好党的故事、革命的故事、英雄的故事,为推动吉林振兴取得新突破激发前进动能、汇聚精神力量。”吉林杨靖宇干部学院常务副院长韩冬言之凿凿。
文字来源:隋二龙
图片来源:信息技术部
主审 | 曲相东
编审 | 孙吉麟
编辑 | 孙晓亮
李 坤
校对 | 于 淼
(文图:赵筱尘 巫邓炎)