The vice-president’s views on families make him a hero to many Americans on the right and a ticking-time bomb(定时炸弹) to those on the left, wary(警惕的，担心的) of his opinions becoming national policy. Over the years J.D. Vance has criticised no-fault divorce(无过错离婚) and suggested that parents with children should have “more power” at the polls(在投票时，在选举中). “Normal Americans”, he has asserted, “want a family policy that doesn’t shunt(把……打发到，推往) their kids into crap(劣质的，糟糕的) day care”.
副总统在家庭问题上的观点，让他在许多右翼美国人眼中成了英雄，却在左翼人士眼中成了一颗定时炸弹——后者担心他的主张会变成国家政策。多年来，J.D.万斯一直批评无过错离婚，并主张有孩子的父母在投票时应拥有“更大的话语权”。他断言：“普通美国人想要的家庭政策，不会把孩子塞进糟糕的托儿所。”
It was no surprise, then, when a small furore(轩然大波，风波) erupted this month after the New York Times reported that the White House would extend federal funds for families with children in day care to stay-at-home parents. Though the White House called the report “baseless speculation(毫无根据的猜测)”, Rosa DeLauro, a Democratic congresswoman, was among those to condemn(谴责，指责) the idea, arguing that it would “force more parents to compete for the same inadequate pot of money(一笔资金)” and “disproportionately(不成比例地) hurt single working parents”. Rachel Campos-Duffy, a Fox News(美国保守派有线新闻频道) presenter, praised the proposal. “I call it putting families first.”
因此，当《纽约时报》本月报道白宫将把面向托儿家庭儿童的联邦补贴扩大到全职在家的父母时，一场小小的风波随之爆发，这并不令人意外。尽管白宫称该报道是“毫无根据的猜测”，民主党女众议员罗莎·德劳罗仍率先谴责这一构想，认为它会“迫使更多父母争夺同一笔本就不足的资金”，并“不成比例地伤害单身的在职父母”。福克斯新闻主持人蕾切尔·坎波斯-达菲则称赞该提案：“我称之为把家庭放在首位。”
The episode offered a glimpse(一瞥，初步了解) of a coming fight. A growing number of conservative politicians, staffers and think-tankers are backing not just a pronatalist agenda, to encourage Americans to have babies, but a “pro-family” one, to make it easier to raise them.(越来越多的保守派政客、幕僚和智库人士不仅支持鼓励美国人生育的“鼓励生育”议程，还支持让养育孩子更轻松的“支持家庭”议程。) Ideas range from those popular with Democrats to those explicitly favouring married, heterosexual(异性的，异性恋的) couples. Donald Trump may advance a few proposals in the remainder of his term(在余下的任期内), but the debate will almost certainly be elevated by those trying to succeed him.
这一事件让人窥见一场即将到来的争斗。越来越多的保守派政客、幕僚和智库人士不仅支持鼓励美国人生育的“鼓励生育”议程，还支持让养育孩子更轻松的“支持家庭”议程。这些构想五花八门，既有民主党人欢迎的，也有明确偏袒已婚异性恋夫妇的。特朗普或许会在余下任期内推动少数提案，但这场辩论几乎肯定会由那些试图接替他的人推向更高层面。