俄亥俄州共和党众议员迈克·特纳(Mike Turner)周日指责众议院共和党叛徒“与南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)一起投票”，因为众议院少数保守派继续拒绝议长凯文·麦卡锡在政府预算方面的努力为了避免月底停工.
“拒不让步的人一直对凯文·麦卡锡说，‘不要把两党的法案带到议会，我们不想利用民主党的选票来试图避免政府关门’，但他们正在利用民主党的选票来试图导致政府关门。这些个人，这些共和党顽固分子，正在和南希·佩洛西一起投票反对共和党的法案，这些法案已经被提交到议会，将会-可能会引发关闭，”特纳告诉美国广播公司“本周”的联合主播玛莎·拉达兹，援引名誉议长的名字，他是共和党最喜欢的目标。
特纳说:“我认为凯文将继续谈判，直到最后，但共和党人需要投票支持共和党的法案，我们可以避免关门。”
众议院共和党议员的一个分裂团体，包括佛罗里达州众议员马特·盖兹(Matt Gaetz)等强硬派，一再抨击麦卡锡通过国防支出法案和整个政府更广泛的短期拨款法案的努力，坚持要求在他们提供支持之前满足他们对更大幅度削减和其他措施的要求。
国会必须在9月30日之前通过支出立法，否则联邦政府将部分关闭，这可能会对数百万工人以及援助计划的接受者等产生连锁反应。
麦卡锡试图与党内的反对派进行谈判，但迄今为止进展甚微，这增加了他必须与民主党人达成协议才能从众议院获得法案的可能性。
然而，如果他这样做，强硬派可能会反过来发起“腾空动议”，或努力将麦卡锡从议长职位上彻底清除，这将基本上停止众议院的任何行动，直到选出替代者。
麦卡锡最近几天表示了他对该组织的失望，甚至回击了他们，周六表示，他将在一项为五角大楼提供资金的法案中保留对乌克兰的援助，这与反对的要求直接不符。
麦卡锡的盟友特纳表达了对议长的信心，但指出前面的道路崎岖不平。
“这非常困难，”特纳告诉拉达茨。“我打赌凯文·麦卡锡的任何一天，我们当然有时间。但他的处境非常艰难。”
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拉达茨还问众议院情报委员会主席特纳，关于最近非法移民的激增俄亥俄州共和党人指责拜登政府。
特纳痛斥总统乔·拜登“鼓励开放的边境政策”，尽管拉达茨随后指出，国土安全部部长亚历杭德罗·马约卡斯等高级官员一再在公开场合发出相反的信息。
政府还认为，中美洲和南美洲移民的根本原因是复杂的，是由经济和政治不稳定造成的。
根据最新的海关和边境保护数据，美国边境巡逻队8月份在南部边境逮捕了181，059人，高于7月份的132，648人..
在整个西南地区，移民被逮捕或拘留超过232，000次，这是自去年12月以来最多的一次。
特纳认为，穿越的总数证明了政策的失败。与此同时，最新的美国广播公司新闻/华盛顿邮报民意调查发现，只有23%的美国人赞成拜登在美墨边境处理移民问题。
“这些数字说明了一切。这些数字肯定显示政府的政策是鼓励人们过境。我们需要阻止这一切，”特纳说。
相反，他主张完成边境墙，并在众议院通过一项共和党支持的法案，“这将在边境上设置物理障碍，但也会改变我们的庇护规则，同时部署更多的边境特工”。
Turner accuses House GOP 'holdouts' of 'voting with Nancy Pelosi' as shutdown deadline looms
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on Sunday accused House Republican renegades of "voting with Nancy Pelosi" as a handful of conservatives in the chamber continue to rebuff Speaker Kevin McCarthy's approach to the government budget in his effortsto avoid a shutdown at month's end.
"The holdouts keep saying to Kevin McCarthy, 'Don’t bring bipartisan bills to the floor, we don't want to use Democrat votes to try to avert a shutdown,' but they're using Democrat votes to try to cause a shutdown. And these individuals, these Republican holdouts, are voting with Nancy Pelosi against Republican bills that have been brought to the floor that will -- could trigger a shutdown," Turner told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, invoking the name of the speaker emerita who is a favorite target of the GOP.
"I think Kevin's gonna continue to negotiate until the end, but Republicans need to vote for Republican bills and we can avert the shutdown," Turner said.
A splinter group of GOP lawmakers in the House, including hard-liners like Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, have repeatedly swatted down efforts by McCarthy to pass both a defense spending bill and a broader short-term funding bill for the entire government, insisting their demands for steeper cuts and other measures be met before they offer their support.
Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass spending legislation or the federal government will partially shut down, with potentially rippling consequences for millions of workers as well as recipients of assistance programs and more.
McCarthy has sought to negotiate with the opposition in his party but has made little headway so far -- raising the prospect that he'll have to make a deal with Democrats in order to get a bill out of the House.
However, should he do that, the hard-liners could in turn initiate a "motion to vacate," or an effort to remove McCarthy from the speakership altogether, which would essentially halt any action in the House until a replacement is elected.
McCarthy has in recent days signaled his frustration with the group and even returned fire at them, saying on Saturday that he would keep aid for Ukraine in a bill to fund the Pentagon -- directly at odds with the opposing demands.
Turner, a McCarthy ally, expressed confidence in the speaker but noted that the road ahead is rocky.
"It's very difficult," Turner told Raddatz. "I'll bet on Kevin McCarthy any day, and we certainly have time yet go. But he's in a very difficult position."
Raddatz also asked Turner, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee,about a recent surge in unauthorized migrant crossingsat the southern border, with the Ohio Republican placing the blame on the Biden administration.
Turner lambasted President Joe Biden for "encouraging an open border policy," though Raddatz followed up to note that top officials like Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have repeatedly sent the opposite message in public.
The administration also maintains that the root causes of migration from Central and South America are complex and shaped by economic and political instability.
The U.S. Border Patrol made 181,059 apprehensions along the southern border in August, up from 132,648 in July, according to the latest Customs and Border Protection data..
Across the southwest, migrants were arrested or detained more than 232,000 times -- the most since last December.
Turner argued that the overall number of crossings is proof of policy failure. At the same time, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll found that just 23% of Americans approve of Biden's handling of immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"These numbers speak for themselves. They surely show that the administration's policy is encouraging people to come across the border. We need to stop this," Turner said.
Instead, he advocated for the completion of a border wall and passage of a Republican-backed bill in the House "which would put physical barriers on the border but also change our asylum rules and at the same time put more border agents" in place.
