Posted on 02/10/2025 3:35:52 PM PST by Libloather
Gov. Kathy Hochul put the brakes on Democrats’ plan to rewrite rules for an upstate special election to leave a House seat vacant and hobble Trump’s agenda, sources familiar with negotiations said Monday.
Democrats’ move would have left a safely Republican House seat empty through November as the GOP clings to a razor-thin majority, but Hochul stepped in as she continues high-powered talks with Trump over congestion pricing in Manhattan.
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to be US Ambassador to the United Nations, would vacate her congressional seat when she is confirmed – leaving the GOP with a two-seat majority until a replacement can take office in the red upstate district.
Stefanik is expected to be confirmed, though the White House has not forwarded her for confirmation yet.
Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly introduced legislation on Friday that would delay holding a special election to fill the House District seat until the Nov. 4 general election — keeping the seat vacant for months.
Republicans slammed the Democrats for being hypocritical, engaging in an undemocratic partisan-power play in a bid to try to stymie Trump’s agenda.
“It deprives 800,000 people of representation. This is about thwarting President Trump’s agenda in Congress,” Senate Republican Minority Leader Robert Ortt said during a press conference Monday.
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“I think it’s really horrible, but I want to discuss it with her at this point,” Trump said. “If I decide to do it, I will be able to kill it off in Washington through the Department of Transportation.
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She can be bribed.
Maybe she got a phone call from someone who told her what some of the consequences, for stalling the election, would be.
handwriting...meet wall. hochul can read. who knew?
Trump always believes in leverage he knows he has it with Houcul as she isn’t particularly popular going into her re-election next year
Ruh roh...someone has been reading the tea leaves.
Hochul should have just kept her mouth shut and quietly done her dirty. Schumer RULES Hochul...
Trump should have picked people outside of Congress.
If she can get away with it more power to her.
Biden went around SCOTUS to forgive college loans. Trump should in turn refer them to collection agencies. Two can play this game.
This!!
I really don’t like the Trump picked folks from the house of representatives for jobs. There are plenty of people in this country that are capable of going to the UN. I’m not sure Elise Stefanik should’ve been selected. She’s far too valuable, coming out of her house district in the house of representatives
I’m waiting for DOGE to audit the 2020 census. If we don’t count illegals in expensive hotel rooms, would New York State lose a congressional seat anyway?
And I'm thinking the House in 2026 election.
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