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.
甘肃陇南成县:以“赶考”的姿态跑出“成县速度”******
——预计全年完成地区生产总值82.17亿元,增速7.8%;完成大口径财政收入13.3亿元,同比增长17.3%;
——完成一般公共预算收入4.81亿元,同比增长9.1%;新签约招商引资项目10个,总投资38.8亿元,到位资金15.14亿元,同比增长52.8%;
——集中力量打通城区10条“肠梗阻路”,埋设雨污管网20千米,完成道路改造9.1公里;工业增加值突破32亿元,建筑业增加值突破5亿元,省级全域旅游示范区初步创建成功。
刚刚过去的2022年,面对严峻复杂的发展环境和艰巨繁重的发展任务,成县高效统筹疫情防控和经济社会发展,紧盯园区、城区、景区“三大区块”能级提升,紧扣生态环境、社会环境、营商环境“三大环境”持续优化,项目建设跑出加速度,全县经济运行稳中加固、量增质优,生态底色更加靓丽,群众幸福指数持续提升,全县经济社会发展成绩亮丽喜人。
“四好农村路”全国示范县创建成功,医疗救治中心、中医院整体迁建、儿童医学救治中心等医疗服务能力提升项目加快推进,实验小学、县妇幼保健院搬迁项目建成启用。
成县把项目建设作为主战场,创新项目推进机制,聚焦经济社会发展短板和薄弱环节,围绕工业突破谋划扩容增量项目,围绕农业倍增谋划延链补链项目,围绕文旅融合谋划提质增效项目,积极扩大有效投资,优化投资结构,破解投资难题,推动项目建设扩数量提质量。全年谋划实施500万元以上投资项目77项,完成投资29.6亿元,发行专项债券项目14项,落实债券资金4.7亿元,较2021年增长126%。同时建立重大招商引资项目帮办代办制,新签约招商引资项目10个,总投资38.8亿元,到位资金15.14亿元,同比增长52.8%。
在加大项目建设的同时,不断完善重大项目建设服务机制建设,形成了“政府总体负责统筹调度,部门协调配合全力落实”的项目推动机制,对重大项目谋划储备、研究申报和资金争取等各环节进行指标量化,明确奖惩措施,严格兑现奖惩,充分调动和激发全县上下谋项目、争项目、抓项目的积极性、主动性,跑出了项目建设的“加速度”。
坚持全县整体谋篇布局,“多规合一”编制全域全要素管控规划,“三区三线”划定通过审核,《国土空间总体规划(2020-2035)》形成初步成果,12个城区片区修建性详细规划顺利完成,征收土地3200余亩,拆除“两违”建筑21座,34个老旧小区改造项目接续实施,17个房地产开发项目有序推进,梁山路、青岛路、团结路等按期建成投用,陇南大道、同谷北路等正在按时序进度统筹推进。一条条断头路被打通、一座座高楼拔地而起、一个个老旧小区换新颜,成县正在以“成县速度”推动城区发展。
道路变宽了、行道树变绿了、小巷垃圾不见了、城市“牛皮癣”消失了、商铺门店占道经营没有了。在加大城市项目建设的同时,成县重拳出击抓城市环境整治,“小手拉大手”“文明实践志愿行”“十日攻坚”集中整治行动常态化开展,“全县动员、全民行动、全域整治、全时保洁、不留死角、标本兼治、彻底整治、跟踪督查、严肃问责”等措施推动,城市管理水平大幅提升,城市品质明显提升,人民群众获得感幸福感持续增强。成县紧扣“三新一高”要求深入实施强县域行动,统筹规划、建设、管理三大环节,在重点上抓突破、在难点上动真格、在是落实上求实效,有效提升城市工作的全局性、系统性和县域发展的持续性、宜居性,尽心竭力改善群众生活环境。
走进大路沟核桃科技示范园,一棵棵核桃树粗壮挺拔,每棵树上都有编号挂牌,详细记录了核桃品种信息。“我们已培养筛选出清香、香玲、陇南755等7个适合成县主栽优良品种,并实施嫁接换优、病虫害防治、配置采收加工设备等一系列提质增效工作。”成县核桃科技服务中心主任胡永辉介绍,全县已累计完成核桃品种改良800多万株,核桃良种率达85%,核桃产量达到3.69万吨、产值4.43亿元,以打造3个市级核桃标准化生产示范基地和17个县级核桃标准化生产示范园为重点,扎实推进了成县省级核桃现代产业园区建设。
在做强做优核桃产业的同时,加快推进特色产业三年倍增行动计划,优化种植区域,发展蔬菜、马铃薯、油菜、中药材、魔芋等区域特色产业24.5万亩,建成标准化规模养殖场598家,“1+3+X”特色农业产业质量效益同步提升。紧盯八大产业链谋划实施各类补链强链延链工业项目26项,全年预计完成投资4.1亿元,同比增长95.3%;182个乡村旅游服务节点建成,打造旅游重点村27个,建成“电商+供销”县乡村三级配送总仓和“陇货入浙”甘味直营店,新研发网货产品72款,全年开展电商培训2206人次,完成电商销售额4.72亿元。成县因地制宜发展特色产业,全力保障粮食稳产增产,高效推动农文旅融合发展,坚持延链强链,推动了特色产业提质增效。
冬日的成县滨河公园,一派生机盎然,白鹭和灰头雁在水中捕鱼,红嘴野鸭和鸳鸯戏水,成群结队的鸟儿或飞或栖息在芦苇叶上,水中的鱼儿欢腾雀跃,勾画出一幅人与自然和谐相处的美丽画卷。
野生动物的回归,是生态向好的最好证明,也是对成县推动绿色发展成果的有力回应。坚持以绿色发展为导向,深入推进“两山”理论实践,成县以最大的决心、最强的手段、最强的魄力持续保持生态环保高压态势,依法依规淘汰拆除10座砖瓦轮窑生产线,全县规模以上工业单位综合能耗、用水量分别同比下降14.9%、8.09%,空气质量优良天数、地表水水质、土壤环境质量稳定达标。严格落实河长制、林长制,深入开展河湖“清四乱”、联合执法等涉水生态环境专项行动,全面清理河道违法设施,打击侵占河道、乱采乱挖等违法活动,持续推进人工造林、封山育林、退化林修复、森林抚育等林业生态修复建设,完成义务植树122万株,栽植补植绿化苗木1.67万株,建设绿色通道162公里,全县森林覆盖率、蓄积量持续“双增长”,绿色发展理念正在成县大地深入人心。
一路披荆斩棘,一路凯歌前行。成县统筹调度、稳定预期,解民忧增福祉,经济社会发展稳中有进、持续向好,综合实力持续提升,营商环境持续优化,社会大局平安稳定,以“赶考”的姿态跑出了“成县速度”,奋力谱写出了成县高质量发展的新篇章。
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