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BumRushDaShow

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6. You have Abbott who held up the replacement for TX-18's Sylvester Turner

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:51 AM

7 hrs ago

who had barely gotten into office when he passed away. Eventually Abbott scheduled the special election for that seat 10 months later, on Nov. 4, 2025. And of course the state has redistricted so who knows what the makeup of that district will be in the future.

So that is another seat (in addition to the AZ one) that Democrats are missing in Congress at the moment.

There is no recourse because it bumps up into the "states rights" and their control over elections.

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Mike Johnson cancels more House votes in escalation of shutdown strategy [View all] BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP

Adelita Grijalva needs to go to court ASAP to get sworn in Chasstev365 8 hrs ago #1

And the Courts will cite this - BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #3

Then the residents of the district should sue for being denied representation in Congress Chasstev365 7 hrs ago #5

You have Abbott who held up the replacement for TX-18's Sylvester Turner BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #6

Does that supercede "no taxation without representation"? Buddyzbuddy 2 hrs ago #11

You have to ask Washington D.C about that! BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #12

Good point. Buddyzbuddy 29 min ago #14

She will be sworn in once Johnson reconvenes the house Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #9

Since the House did their "fiduciary duty" (with power of the purse) BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #13

They haven't passed a CR Fiendish Thingy 22 min ago #16

Vacation time otchmoson 8 hrs ago #2

So when a RWer whines, "Democrats shut down the nation," point out how Speaker Johnson refuses to ... marble falls 7 hrs ago #4

This is effectively a strike. BadgerKid 7 hrs ago #7

HAH. We should have been doing that ten months ago. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 7 hrs ago #8

Anything to delay the discharge petition for the epstein files PSPS 5 hrs ago #10

Will Moses Mike, who violates that Commandment about not baring false witness, still call it a DEM Shutdown Attilatheblond 24 min ago #15