Posted on 02/06/2022 9:43:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Last week, Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) suffered a stroke and underwent brain surgery. He is currently hospitalized in Albuquerque. He is expected to return to the U.S. Senate in four to six weeks, assuming there are no further medical complications. However, during his absence, Democrats no longer have a majority in the Senate—Republicans have a 50-49 majority.
This means that until Luján returns, a united GOP can block the Democrats’ agenda and there’s nothing the Democrats could do about it.
This is actually a big deal. In addition to blocking the Democrats’ legislative agenda, Luján’s absence could potentially impact Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nomination.
Biden has said he plans to announce his Supreme Court nominee at the end of February, and the average time from nomination to confirmation in recent decades has been 41 days. If Lujan’s return to the U.S. Senate is delayed, it could change the timeline or the outcome of Biden’s Supreme Court nomination.
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Mitch will bend over backwards to help Chuckie.
Here would be the PERFECT time to launch new bills and legislation... but McConnell will do, NOTHING.
Of course they won’t. That would prevent them from selling out to the Dhimmicraps.
Of course not.
Or forwards . . .
Romney gonna Romney.
Watch and observe, Kids, as once again the Republicans snatch DEFEAT from the jaws of VICTORY!
We are on our own. Plan accordingly.
“...But Will Republicans Be United?...” Are we talking republicrats or rinos. The only thing any of them (most of them) is padding their nest eggs.
Will they take over the chairmanship of all the committees? They should
And don’t forget Mitt. Still can’t believe I voted for that asshat in 2012.
No, they’re busy arguing about the past and VP & electoral votes.
It won’t matter, the Republicans will not be united and even if they were, the Democrats would wheel Ben Luhan in on a stretcher if they had to.
Tommorow marks 2 weeks since Lujan’s stroke.
If it was me, I would be livestreaming how I’m feeling from my Hospital bed... unless I couldn’t.
“Romney gonna Romney.”
You get it. Others can get their rocks off blaming Romney, but McConnell has a damn Romper Room to deal with, and that is NOT his fault.
Yes. Behind the democrats, as usual.
Romney-Collins.
“And don’t forget Mitt. Still can’t believe I voted for that asshat in 2012.”
I don’t regret it - he looked better than the rest of the horrible field (no Trump around), and he would have been FAR BETTER than Obama, just starting with judges (as he had a perfect record of supporting Trump’s judges, as I remember it).
This can buy us 6 weeks. Introduce legislation the majority of Americans can agree on. Don’t know what it is or how it’s done but you know darn well the rats would do it.
“Here would be the PERFECT time to launch new bills and legislation... but McConnell will do, NOTHING.”
Never get out of committee.
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