I am not sure I fully understand your inquiry. But, I think this may be what you are questioning.
Senate Majority leader is not a Constitutional position unlike the Speaker of the House, which is a Constitutional office. Majority leader is more of a traditional office that is something handled by the Senate in house according to their own rules and procedures. This quick pick of a new Senate Majority leader was to preempt allowing the new Senate membership to make the decision. Their problem was that they were trying to do this on the DL and word got out about what they were trying to do. The Senate switchboard lit up like a Christmas tree with calls from angry Republicans. What the GOP was doing, although it be underhanded, was something they could do according to the Senate's own rules and procedures. It was simply maneuvering by the GOP to have some control over who the next Majority leader would be while they still would have a say - especially McConnell.
Trump ordering Congress to recess cannot take place until he and the new Congress are sworn in and have authority. Till then, the Congress and administration are still in the driver's seat.
The issue of Congressional recess came up several years ago during Trump's previous administration. Trump's plan then was to fire a bunch of DS SES federal employees because that was essentially the only way they could be forced to leave. The SES (Senior Executive Service) was formed during Obama's term. They are permanent government employees that essentially are insulated from other administrations attempts to fire them. Laying them off via Congressional recess was one attempt to rid the government of these Obama DS hacks. Good old Mitch McConnell thwarted Trump's attempt by refusing to call a recess. The dates from the Q post would apply to that particular incident because Trump was already in the WH - but not to the current situation due to the above forestated reasons.
Bringing Congress to an official recess is very rare because it is a pain in the a**. Most of the time what is called recess is not. Congress essentially adjourns and leaves a skeleton crew in place just in case some emergency occurs. There are several formalities involved to shut Congress down in a real recess and formalities that must be taken to readjourn. This is why they don't do it. Should a crisis occur during a recess it would hamper Congressional ability to act until they were formally readjourn.
Most of us on this forum have had to take a crash course on how our government actually works - something that for many was neglected deliberately as part of our education system - especially for younger Americans. No harm, no foul. It is a learning experience for everyone.
Vancouver especially is like any other US West Coast liberal stronghold. Most of the citizens are progressives. Conservatives tend to be more interior and rural, just like here in the States and those areas are less populated. That would give progressive areas with large population density the upper hand.
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Admittedly, some Israelis started some altercations after the match by yelling some anti-Islam epitaphs and pulled down some Palestinian flags. The violent beat downs came from the other side. But that was just one thing apart from something else that had been planned in advance before the soccer match. This other violence involved migrants, mostly from Morocco that were chasing Jews down. There were social media posts several days before the soccer match planning a Jew hunt. So it was not a just spontaneous altercations post soccer game like the media first reported. A few independent news outlets got the story out so the media has had to change the narrative they first started to peddle. The same thing was getting ready to happen in other cities across Europe and being spread by social media.
Several European cities are cancelling their Christmas celebrations at local shopping areas because of "health and safety" concerns. All over Europe Ramadan was accommodated, but no such reciprocation for Christian holidays. This is what the Islamists do. When they are few in number they are peaceful and slowly infiltrate institutions. After their numbers become large enough they start to force change through violence and coercive force. Weak government officials acquiesce and kneel to the Islamists out of fear. That is how they slowly take over the countries they invade and turn them into the same hell hole they came from. Appeasement with terrorists never works. If soft power does not give them what they want, they will turn to the sword.
They start with the Jews and then target Christians. After they get rid of the Jews and Christians, then they will go after anyone that is left. So all the commie lefties that protested with them will be targeted at some point. Surprise, surprise - convert or die. Europe is dead already and the US will follow suit if we do not deal with those already here after we shut down the border. They will not assimilate. Western civilization is under threat of annihilation. That always has been their goal. They do not stop until they are either kicked out, or they take over.
Yup, I was watching CA 45 closely while everyone else was celebrating. Steele was up by a couple of percentage points with over 90% of votes counted. Then sat there when it froze and then the vote shifted to the Dems almost overnight. The lead was reduced to a couple hundred votes. Then today the Dem pulled ahead. CA 45 has the highest number of illegals in the state. Not hard to scrounge up illegal votes when you need them. They waited until everyone's attention was averted other places before pulling the steal off in several seats in CA. There is still one more race in CA that needs to be called and has stalled at 86% - CA 13. I think they will steal that one as well since no one is watching. IA 1 is going to automatic recount or runoff because the Rep lead is only 0.2% and AK 1 still has not been called at 98%. So we only have those 3 seats left to win - the remaining 2 other seats are Dem leaning already and I don't thing they will be flipped. So yes, we have the House, but just barely.
Update: As of Sunday morning, Steele has closed the gap to about 36 votes. Most likely through absentee ballots.
The stolen socials are a huge problem that often gets bypassed in the discussions over illegal immigration. It is hell for people that become victims and it is rampant. Illegals cannot work without that social or a tax ID number. So, they just use someone else's number.
My mother was the victim of such identity theft. She is retired and lives with me. Since she is my dependent, I claimed her on my taxes - the credit was much higher than it is now. One year her social was ineligible and my tax return was rejected. We had to go to the IRS office to find out what had happened. It took us half the day to find out that someone in Ohio had used her number to file taxes. We live in Nevada. Most likely an illegal or some other kind of tax fraud. According to the agent, this happens frequently.
We had to go through a bunch of BS to prove she was who she said she was to the satisfaction of the agent. Then the IRS put a pin number requirement on her social. Anyone that has been the victim of such identity theft can have their number locked through the IRS. Every year they send you a new pin number that has to be entered on the tax return in order for it to be unlocked and therefore eligible.
For us, the pin number worked for a couple of years with no problems. Then during Covid the IRS did not send us a new pin number, so I was not able to file my taxes with her as my dependent for that year. During Covid it seemed like no one was working at the IRS, so making contact with anything but an automated system was impossible.
It has been several years now and we still have not been able to straighten the problem out. No one down there seems to know how to fix the issue. After several years now we just gave up. So, I just don't claim her anymore. The deduction for taking care of a parent is not very much, about $500, so it does not make a huge difference in lowering tax liability anyway. It is nowhere close to a dependent child deduction - which is ridiculous especially when many people are helping to support elderly parents these days. But, at least we know that no one else will be able to use her social either to file taxes.
Here are some other breakdowns for CA 45: They have well above the national average of foreign born people living there at 35% or higher - especially since the rise in illegals this last year. The national average is about 13%. Of this group, they have a high number of illegals that is speculated to be a large chunk of CA's illegal population. No surprise since it is fairly close to the border. The number of registered voters for that district is not available and to figure it out requires taking other stats from the state totals and try to calculate it. Suffice it to say, it is a good district to rally the illegal ballot vote.
Just a head's up. I have been watching the last couple of races to be settled. I've been keeping my eye on CA 45 with Michelle Steele. She had a comfortable lead, not huge but it didn't appear to be a problem - until today. It is now tied at 50%. A bunch of last minute ballot dumping no doubt. At 94% of votes counted I was wondering why the AP had not yet called it. Well slap my face, it wasn't over. Steele only has a lead of 235 when she was up by several percentage points. I don't remember if CA has an automatic recount or runoff if it is close like what is happening in Iowa 1. Still AK 1 with 94% not called and CA 13 with 85% - both appear stalled. The rest of the 8 remaining seats are Dem leaning.
They are not educated - they are indoctrinated. There is a difference. An education prepares a person to contribute to society to make it a better place and support yourself. Indoctrination simply cranks out social justice warriors with useless expensive degrees that provide no practical purpose and people that are supported on the government dime with some government job. Hopefully Elon and company will narrow down the number of those jobs - exactly what he did at twitter.
No kidding. A couple of years ago one of my friends felt sorry for a guy and let him do some odd jobs around his house. He was illegal and he seemed like a nice guy. The illegal ended up brutally murdering an older couple. Too close to home.
I have not heard anything about specifically dealing with NGOs. I understand they are focusing on studies and grants looking into useless and ridiculous waste of taxpayer money along with programs. The NGOs need to be addressed and reviewed. Thanks for the link. I saw that the other day.
Thanks for prompting me to check this a little closer. I agree that Gaetz's district FL 1 is sold Rep. He won 66% to 34%. It appears that Waltz' seat also looks pretty solid for FL 6. He won 66.5% to 33.5%, so I think that district is safe and not likely to flip. Stefanik is from NY 21. For NY she also won solidly - 62.3% to 37.7. I don't know much about the politics of that area so I cannot determine if a Dem would even have a chance to flip that seat. It is NY after all. So, of the Congressmen Trump has chosen so far, I would say the risk of losing one or more of those seats is low - but it is a possibility and needs to be watched.
It was just a concern and so far I have not heard anyone bring the subject up in order to get some better feedback from anons more familiar with the areas in question. Like I stated, I am also sure that Trump's team took all this into consideration when making those picks. I just don't trust the Dems - been disappointed too many times - so I guess I am a little cynical. I will continue to monitor this in the future. Thank you for your reply fren.
One among many voices that were censored and silenced. The dam is breaking.