约翰逊第四次动用否决权 扼杀发债门槛条例 推翻表决下周登场
芝加哥市长布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）上周五动用了他任内的第四次否决权，否决了一项要求市政府发行债务须经市议会至少30票批准的条例。该条例由市议员马蒂·奎因（Marty Quinn）提出，9月29日曾以32票赞成、15票反对在市议会通过，目的是让议会对市政府的新增借款有更大的制约。市长否决后，奎因表示将争取在下周的议会会议上推翻否决。
推翻市长否决需要34票，比上次通过时多出两票。奎因把希望寄托在上次表决时缺席的三位议员——丹尼尔·拉·斯帕塔（Daniel La Spata）、克里斯·塔利亚费罗（Chris Taliaferro）和安德烈·巴斯克斯（Andre Vasquez）身上，他认为其中至少两人会支持推翻否决。
这场争论的背景是芝加哥不断攀升的债务。据公民联合会（Civic Federation）的数据，2014年至2023年间，全市各类地方政府的净债务总额增长了32.8%，达到292亿美元。支持条例的一方认为，较高的批准门槛有助于约束借债冲动；市长方面则认为，条例会削弱市政府在融资和预算安排上的灵活性。相较之下，批准市政府年度预算只需26票。
市议会预算季即将开始，这场围绕发债规则的较量，被视为市长与议会在财政问题上分歧的又一次集中体现。
信息来源：《芝加哥太阳时报》（Chicago Sun-Times）
Johnson's Fourth Veto Kills Debt-Threshold Ordinance; Override Vote Looms Next Week
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday used the fourth veto of his tenure to kill an ordinance that would have required at least 30 City Council votes to approve new city borrowing. The measure, sponsored by Ald. Marty Quinn, had passed the Council 32-15 on Sept. 29 and was designed to give alderpersons more control over city debt. Quinn says he will try to override the veto at next week's Council meeting.
An override requires 34 votes — two more than the measure received. Quinn is counting on three alderpersons who were absent for the earlier vote — Daniel La Spata, Chris Taliaferro and Andre Vasquez — and believes at least two of the three will back the override.
The fight comes against a backdrop of rising local debt: according to the Civic Federation, net debt across Chicago's local governments grew 32.8% between 2014 and 2023, reaching $29.2 billion. Supporters of the ordinance say a higher approval threshold would restrain borrowing; the mayor's side argues it would tie the city's hands on financing and budget planning. By comparison, passing the city's annual budget takes only 26 votes.
With budget season about to begin, the debt-rules clash is seen as another flashpoint in the fiscal standoff between the mayor and the Council.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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