Chicago 市议会推翻市长否决失败 33比17差一票 举债表决门槛维持不变
Chicago——位于伊利诺伊州库克县的芝加哥市，Chicago 市议会本周三就是否推翻市长 Brandon Johnson 对举债表决规则条例的否决进行表决，结果为33票对17票，距推翻否决所需的34票仅差一票，条例未能生效，市长的借款权限维持现状。这是 Johnson 就该条例动用否决权后，市议会首次尝试推翻。
该提案由第十三区议员 Marty Quinn 领衔，主张今后市府举债事项须获得市议会至少30票（五分之三）支持。支持者称，此举可增强市议会对市政财务的监督，并要求市长在借债决策上争取更广泛的支持；第十九区议员 Matt O'Shea 提到，市府未偿债务超过300亿美元，是加强监督的理由。
反对者则认为该提案意在转移市长权力。Johnson 在否决前将30票门槛称为「五分之三妥协」，援引美国宪法历史上将奴隶按五分之三人口计数的条款；他与部分盟友称提案带有种族动机。Quinn 回应称，这只是程序性调整，仅比现行要求多四票。
信息来源：Chicago Focal 对市议会表决的报道
Chicago Council Falls One Vote Short of Overriding Mayor's Veto on Debt-Voting Rules
CHICAGO — Chicago is a city in Cook County, Illinois. Chicago aldermen on Wednesday failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of a proposal to require at least 30 City Council votes on city debt matters. The override vote was 33-17, one vote short of the 34 needed, leaving the mayor's borrowing authority unchanged for now.
The measure, led by Alderman Marty Quinn of the 13th Ward, would have set the debt-vote threshold at three-fifths of the council. Supporters argued the change would strengthen council oversight and require a mayor to build broader support for borrowing decisions; Alderman Matt O'Shea of the 19th Ward cited more than $30 billion in outstanding city debt as a reason for stronger oversight.
Opponents framed the measure as a transfer of power from the mayor. Before vetoing the proposal, Johnson called the 30-vote threshold a 'three-fifths compromise,' invoking the constitutional provision that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation, and he and some allies said the proposed reform had racial motives. Quinn defended it as a procedural change requiring four additional votes on debt issues.
(Source: Chicago Focal, reporting on the City Council vote)
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