参议院51比50确认 Pete Hegseth 任国防部长：万斯投下决定票
2025年1月24日晚，美国参议院在华盛顿特区以51比50的票数确认 Pete Hegseth 出任国防部长。参议员先以50比50打成平手，副总统万斯以参议院议长身份投下决定性的一票，提名获得确认。
Hegseth 的提名编号为 PN11-7，他是田纳西州人选、特朗普总统提名的国防部长人选。参议院当晚的记录表决编号为第15号。
投反对票的包括全部民主党参议员及与民主党团共同行动的独立参议员，以及三名共和党参议员：肯塔基州的 Mitch McConnell、缅因州的 Susan Collins 与阿拉斯加州的 Lisa Murkowski。其余共和党参议员投下赞成票，形成50比50的平局。
程序上，参议院前一天（1月23日）已以51比49终止对该提名的辩论、推进至最终表决，其中 Murkowski 与 Collins 当时已投反对票。1月24日晚约9时49分，平局由万斯打破，确认结果定格为51比50。
这是美国历史上第二次由副总统以决定票确认内阁部长提名，上一次是2017年副总统彭斯为教育部长 Betsy DeVos 投下决定票。Hegseth 于1月25日上午由万斯主持宣誓就职。
（来源：美国参议院）
Senate Confirms Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary 51-50, Vance Breaks the Tie
On the evening of January 24, 2025, the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. confirmed Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense by a vote of 51 to 50. The senators first split 50 to 50, and Vice President JD Vance, as President of the Senate, cast the tie-breaking vote in favor, confirming the nomination.
Hegseth's nomination, PN11-7, was President Trump's choice for Secretary of Defense; Hegseth is of Tennessee. The confirmation was Record Vote Number 15 in the Senate that day.
Voting against were all Democratic senators and the independents who caucus with them, joined by three Republicans: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. The remaining Republicans voted in favor, producing the 50-50 tie.
Procedurally, the Senate had voted 51 to 49 the previous day, January 23, to invoke cloture and advance the nomination to a final vote; Murkowski and Collins had already voted no at that stage. At about 9:49 p.m. on January 24, Vance broke the tie and the final tally stood at 51 to 50.
It was only the second time in American history that a vice president's tie-breaking vote confirmed a Cabinet secretary, the first being Vice President Mike Pence's vote for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in 2017. Hegseth was sworn in on the morning of January 25, with Vance administering the oath.
(Source: United States Senate)
来源：美国参议院
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图片来源：图：Pete Hegseth 就任国防部长后的官方肖像。（美国国防部照片，Chad J. McNeeley 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Photo: Official portrait of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. (U.S. Department of Defense photo by Chad J. McNeeley, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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