每日英語跟讀 Ep.K324: 億萬富翁和大支票塑造國會之戰

<p>每日英語跟讀 Ep.K324: Billionaires and Big Checks Shape Battle for Congress</p> <p> </p> <p>Billionaires cut giant checks to super PACs. Small donors gave online in mass quantities. And both political parties announced record-setting hauls in 2021.</p> <p>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。</p> <p>The 2022 midterm elections were awash in political money even before the year began, according to new Federal Election Commission campaign disclosures.</p> <p>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。</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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。</p> <p>On the Republican...