119th Congress thread - One Big Bull**** Bill passes the House GJGE Mur(s)k

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Senate Republicans are keeping Rep. Elise Stefanik’s United Nations ambassador nomination in limbo amid concerns from the White House that her confirmation would risk President Donald Trump’s agenda in the House.

The New York Republican cleared the Foreign Relations Committee late last month and is expected to be easily confirmed in the Senate, where the GOP has a 53-seat majority, and some Democrats have also expressed support.

But even as the Senate churns briskly through Trump’s Cabinet picks, Stefanik’s nomination hasn’t yet been scheduled for floor action. Republican leaders said they are waiting for the OK from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue — where there are worries that her confirmation, and subsequent resignation from the House, would further tighten Speaker Mike Johnson’s margin.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/elise-stefanik-united-nations-delay-00204172

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DEI letting a woman talk to the police over a qualified man!

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https://x.com/mkraju/status/1894545968881656317

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it’s kind of amazing they put it out there before they knew if they had the votes or not, huge L for Johnson and for Trump.

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aaaaaaand it passed.

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This aged poorly

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I don’t think this is the vote that matters. They’re just setting up something that can go through reconciliation. Don’t have much hope regardless

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Correct thread

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Is this the shutdown sweat thread? IDK man, seems too early for this and also there’s already a crap storm happening.

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funding bill passes the senate.

just… fucking ugh

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Welp. We’ll see if they ever have leverage again. Fucking cucks

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https://x.com/AstorAaron/status/1914117285452595609

Hard to disagree with any of this.

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Yeah and note that the extreme polarization and extremist primaries are both a direct result of gerrymandering

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If gerrymandering helped Dems overall, SCOTUS would have nixed it a long time ago.

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Also, the filibuster is a more immediate cause. Congress should be able to legislate with a bare majority.

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This is 100% correct. The entire attitude that pervades is to not try on anything substantive because you will never get 60 votes

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