Chuck Darwin on Nostr: Next year, Trump will be in the White House, Republicans will control the Senate and ...
Next year, Trump will be in the White House, Republicans will control the Senate and it’s looking like Republicans will control the House, too.
That leaves Democrats with a very tight window
— the end-of-year lame duck session
— to squeeze out every last drop of their power while Joe Biden is still in the White House and their party still, if barely, controls the Senate.
The most obvious thing they can do is focus on confirming more of Biden’s judges, as these are lifetime posts and these people will be making decisions that affect millions for decades after Trump or Biden is around.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-lame-duck-biden-judges_n_672e58e2e4b0933e82c9ed15
That leaves Democrats with a very tight window
— the end-of-year lame duck session
— to squeeze out every last drop of their power while Joe Biden is still in the White House and their party still, if barely, controls the Senate.
The most obvious thing they can do is focus on confirming more of Biden’s judges, as these are lifetime posts and these people will be making decisions that affect millions for decades after Trump or Biden is around.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-lame-duck-biden-judges_n_672e58e2e4b0933e82c9ed15