Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f...
by warner25 on Friday January 17, 2025 @05:20PM
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I'm seeing 219 R to 215 D, by the way, and the one remaining vacant seat will probably go R again. Unless I'm interpreting something incorrectly(?), it doesn't look like a one-seat majority. Still more narrow than it was in 2017, as you said, but not quite that narrow.
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f...
by seanmcdirmid on Friday January 17, 2025 @06:22PM
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Oh, ya, now that I look at it it isn't one seat, but 5. I wonder why I thought it was one, maybe that was just for the speaker vote? Anyways, this is better for Trump, since I think 5 seats gives him something to work with. He still needs basic consensus, but one rogue house member doesn't kill everything.
He only has a couple of years to pass bills also, it is unlikely that the Republicans retain control of the house after the next midterm (unless Trump is popular).