According to the administrative office of the U.S. Courts, this Congress has confirmed 57 federal judges. Before the end of the lame duck session, however, Trump wants 25 more.
The House is getting ready to vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a vote that may come Wednesday. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he is a “hard yes” on it over the weekend.
Democrats and Republicans in both chambers are also preparing for their caucus leadership elections. House Democrats’ offices have been getting bombarded with calls for a new leadership but, so far, Jeffries doesn’t seem to face any real threat for the gavel. Aides to Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have somewhat cryptically discussed the possibility that their boss would run for Senate Majority Leader against Chuck Schumer.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the building, some Senate Republicans are trying to push their leadership elections back, saying the big losses warrant a conversation.
Follow along with us as we enter into the lame duck session:
Democrats flipped control of both the Senate and House on Tuesday. Though we’re still waiting on some results from places like Alaska and Mississippi, losses there wouldn’t take much away from the very comfortable margins Dems secured in both chambers until the end of President Donald Trump’s term.
Now comes major shifts in Congress.
Besides the obvious majority-minority flip, we’re already seeing dynamic shifts in caucus leaderships. Outgoing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced he would not be running for Minority Leader in a private call `Wednesday. That job will be up for grabs.
There will, of course, be a new speaker. Likely Hakeem Jeffries, who would make history by becoming the first Black Speaker of the House.
Follow along with us as we enter into GOP’s last chance for passing anything for the foreseeable future — the lame duck session — and some possible internal races for majority and minority leadership positions in both chambers.
When the members of the 120th Congress take their seats come January, they will quickly have a chance to oppose — or let stand — the unprecedented changes and dramatic proposals from President Donald Trump’s administration at the Census Bureau. Those changes, if enacted, will have an enormously consequential impact on how political power is distributed in the U.S., and could grant greater representation in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College to Republican-voting states. That’s by design.
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