🇺🇲 Discussion: Congress, The Senate, The House of Representatives - Part I

[InCali]

I strongly suspect Hogan's anti-abortion stance is going to be a bigger issue than it would have been before.

I think the question comes down to if people will buy Hogan's newly found "choice" on abortion. Whether they do or not, the point is that if you've got maybe 9 states where Dems are vulnerable (one of those in WV is going to be lost) and 1 (or maybe two) where repubs are (less) vulnerable, who has senate control? In these situations, odds tend to work against you. It's possible that this could be a blue election where, as November rolls around, people just vote for Dems, but, as a recovering statistician, i hate playing against the odds. I freely admit, things could lean decidedly to the Dems, but it doesn't look promising to me.

 

[Sithborg]

Remember, things were looking at a "red wave" in 2022. Didn't quite turn out how pollsters were thinking. And we continue to see little small miracles. I mean, I'm not super confident in holding the Senate, but I think Hogan's issue with abortion is going to really, really sink him.

 

[InCali]

Remember, things were looking at a "red wave" in 2022. Didn't quite turn out how pollsters were thinking. And we continue to see little small miracles. I mean, I'm not super confident in holding the Senate, but I think Hogan's issue with abortion is going to really, really sink him.

Girl, I hope you're right......and it may be so, but taking OH, MT, NV, AZ, MI, PA, MD,....even WI scares me a little bit....

The first 3 are REALLY hold your breath races. Things have to fall just right to maintain senate control, but if that happens, everything else is a done deal.

That doesn't mean things are going to be hunky dory with the Dems in control, but I think inroads can be made with voting rights, choice, immigration, affordable education (inc debt relief), etc.

 

[blueharvest]

Sens. Manchin, Barrasso craft bipartisan permitting reform bill amid growing load forecasts

American Electric Power has inquiries from potential customers to add 108 GW across its service territory, Ben Fowke, interim president and CEO, said at a Senate hearing Tuesday.

www.utilitydive.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

[Republican Speaker of the House] Johnson urges Supreme Court to "step in" on Trump verdict

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/31/mike-johnson-trump-supreme-court

 

[squeekness]

[Republican Speaker of the House] Johnson urges Supreme Court to "step in" on Trump verdict

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/31/mike-johnson-trump-supreme-court

Yeah, let's not.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

House Judiciary Republicans delete 'Kanye. Elon. Trump.' tweet as rapper praises Hitler

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee had tweeted in apparent support of Ye on Oct. 6. The tweet was removed Thursday.

www.nbcnews.com

They never learn.

 

[InCali]

Uh.....I'm married to a Jewish person, but I don't only not love Nazis, I flat out don't like them and won't associate with them.

 

[blueharvest]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796692535382851674

 

[blueharvest]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796648520650240080

 

[squeekness]

K

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796692535382851674

Kissing the butt of their master. .

 

[InCali]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1796648520650240080

I don't live there, but it's hard to imagine that people haven't had enough of her.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Schumer, Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged oil industry collusion, price-fixing

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Justice Department to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1797026845910516153

 

[squeekness]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1797026845910516153

Poor Bernie, fighting the good fight alone.

 

[blueharvest]

Poor Bernie, fighting the good fight alone.

Pretty much, unfortunately.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Pretty much all Republicans voted this down last time it was tried.

Senate to Vote on Birth Control Bill

The Senate will vote Wednesday on the Right to Contraception Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced as Democrats look to squeeze Republicans once again over abortion and reproductive rights, Punchbowl News reports.Schumer also said Senate Democrats plan to focus heavily on abortion through

politicalwire.com

 

[squeekness]

Pretty much all Republicans voted this down last time it was tried.

Senate to Vote on Birth Control Bill

The Senate will vote Wednesday on the Right to Contraception Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced as Democrats look to squeeze Republicans once again over abortion and reproductive rights, Punchbowl News reports.Schumer also said Senate Democrats plan to focus heavily on abortion through

politicalwire.com

I'm sure they will again, too.

 

[blueharvest]

Sanders Praises $35 Cap on Inhalers Just Six Months After Probe Into 'Outrageous' Prices | Common Dreams

"Americans who have asthma and COPD should not be forced to pay, in many cases, 10 to 70 times more for the same exact inhalers as patients in Europe and other parts of the world," said the independent senator from Vermont.

www.commondreams.org

 

[blueharvest]

AOC claps back at MTG, Supreme Court Judge Samuel Alito over upside-down flag

The inverted flag controversy continues as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out MTG for posting the upside-down flag after Trump's conviction.

www.usatoday.com

 

[InCali]

Pretty much all Republicans voted this down last time it was tried.

Senate to Vote on Birth Control Bill

The Senate will vote Wednesday on the Right to Contraception Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced as Democrats look to squeeze Republicans once again over abortion and reproductive rights, Punchbowl News reports.Schumer also said Senate Democrats plan to focus heavily on abortion through

politicalwire.com

Probably keeping the issue in the public eye.

 

[InCali]

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4697477-fauci-set-for-fiery-hearing-with-house-gop/

I'm sure he's terrified of the questioning by the knowledgable MTG.

 

[squeekness]

Sanders Praises $35 Cap on Inhalers Just Six Months After Probe Into 'Outrageous' Prices | Common Dreams

"Americans who have asthma and COPD should not be forced to pay, in many cases, 10 to 70 times more for the same exact inhalers as patients in Europe and other parts of the world," said the independent senator from Vermont.

www.commondreams.org

Good job, Bernie.

 

[squeekness]

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4697477-fauci-set-for-fiery-hearing-with-house-gop/

I'm sure he's terrified of the questioning by the knowledgable MTG.

She's only going to embarrass herself, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

Kevin McCarthy Wants Matt Gaetz ‘Convicted’ Over ‘Underage Women’

The former House speaker uses some of his strongest words yet against his GOP arch-rival.

www.huffpost.com