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Trump administration 2024-2028

Right now the Republican Party holds 219 seats to the Democrats 213. The Democrats also have three vacancies (due to deaths and resignation)(1). If the Democrats are able to fill the three vacancies that will give them 216 seats vs 219. With MTG resignation that goes down to 218 vs 216(2).

(1) One of those vacancies is for Representatives Raúl Grijalva who died earlier this year and his seat has been filled by his daughter who will fill his seat for the remainder of the term.

(2) This all depends on the Democrats filling the three vacant seats. I don't know how that is done by holding a Special Election or what? The same for MTGs seat; do they have a Special Election to fill it or not?
 
lenaitch said:
Can they 'cross the floor' to the other party down there? Honest question.
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brihard said:
Not sure if they can formally switch party affiliation in that respect, but nothing stops them voting how they see fit.

With that said nothing she wrote suggests anything remotely close to an alignment shift to the Democrats. Looks like she’ll vacate her seat January 5th.
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Yes, they can.

List of United States representatives who switched parties - Wikipedia

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List of United States senators who switched parties - Wikipedia

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And probably the most publicized example in recent years.
House Democrat To Switch Parties Over Impeachment; Staff Members Resign En Masse
 
COP 30 just wrapped and this gets announced. Timing is everything ;)


Trump opens parts of Florida, California waters up to offshore oil drilling, breaking decades of precedent​


The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades.

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department released a five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday that would open up vast parts of California’s coastline to drilling, which hasn’t happened in that state since the late 1960s. The Department is also proposing new oil drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf — located approximately 100 nautical miles off Florida’s coast — a decision opposed by Florida’s Republican leadership.

The Trump administration’s proposal would open the Eastern Gulf to federal oil drilling auctions starting in 2029. It would open auctions for drilling in central and southern California in 2027 and northern California in 2029.

The oil industry has been advocating for opening up parts of the Eastern Gulf that are adjacent to areas where oil production has been happening for decades in the Central Gulf, an industry source told CNN.

 
daftandbarmy said:
COP 30 just wrapped and this gets announced. Timing is everything ;)


Trump opens parts of Florida, California waters up to offshore oil drilling, breaking decades of precedent​


The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades.

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department released a five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday that would open up vast parts of California’s coastline to drilling, which hasn’t happened in that state since the late 1960s. The Department is also proposing new oil drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf — located approximately 100 nautical miles off Florida’s coast — a decision opposed by Florida’s Republican leadership.

The Trump administration’s proposal would open the Eastern Gulf to federal oil drilling auctions starting in 2029. It would open auctions for drilling in central and southern California in 2027 and northern California in 2029.

The oil industry has been advocating for opening up parts of the Eastern Gulf that are adjacent to areas where oil production has been happening for decades in the Central Gulf, an industry source told CNN.

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Flaying about sounds like a good term for this.
 
daftandbarmy said:
COP 30 just wrapped and this gets announced. Timing is everything ;)


Trump opens parts of Florida, California waters up to offshore oil drilling, breaking decades of precedent​


The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades.

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department released a five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday that would open up vast parts of California’s coastline to drilling, which hasn’t happened in that state since the late 1960s. The Department is also proposing new oil drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf — located approximately 100 nautical miles off Florida’s coast — a decision opposed by Florida’s Republican leadership.

The Trump administration’s proposal would open the Eastern Gulf to federal oil drilling auctions starting in 2029. It would open auctions for drilling in central and southern California in 2027 and northern California in 2029.

The oil industry has been advocating for opening up parts of the Eastern Gulf that are adjacent to areas where oil production has been happening for decades in the Central Gulf, an industry source told CNN.

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daftandbarmy said:
COP 30 just wrapped and this gets announced. Timing is everything ;)


Trump opens parts of Florida, California waters up to offshore oil drilling, breaking decades of precedent​


The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades.

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department released a five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday that would open up vast parts of California’s coastline to drilling, which hasn’t happened in that state since the late 1960s. The Department is also proposing new oil drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf — located approximately 100 nautical miles off Florida’s coast — a decision opposed by Florida’s Republican leadership.

The Trump administration’s proposal would open the Eastern Gulf to federal oil drilling auctions starting in 2029. It would open auctions for drilling in central and southern California in 2027 and northern California in 2029.

The oil industry has been advocating for opening up parts of the Eastern Gulf that are adjacent to areas where oil production has been happening for decades in the Central Gulf, an industry source told CNN.

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Why do Florida Republicans oppose drilling?
 
brihard said:
Because constituents do. The perennial fear of an oil spill.
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And not unfounded, if we think back to that massive BP oil spill/rupture during the Obama years

Tourism, real estate, any industry that requires people to function really, whole vital ecosystems & their associated markets, they disappear overnight when an oil emergency like that occurs



It'll always be a controversial industry depending on what side of the possible eco-disaster one is on

Nobody wants an oil spill. But people need the oil. How much potential revenue the locality could make by playing ball vs their risk tolerance is ultimately decided by the constituency
 
CBH99 said:
And not unfounded, if we think back to that massive BP oil spill/rupture during the Obama years

Tourism, real estate, any industry that requires people to function really, whole vital ecosystems & their associated markets, they disappear overnight when an oil emergency like that occurs
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Good thing that those industries are actively being strangled by this administration without a oil spill then.
 
Well, let’s keep our fingers crossed for Team Manatee then. It’s not in Canada’s national interest for the U.S. to expand their existing domestic oil production at lower cost and in close proximity to existing pipeline and refinery infrastructure that it could basically plug into.
 
CBH99 said:
And not unfounded, if we think back to that massive BP oil spill/rupture during the Obama years

Tourism, real estate, any industry that requires people to function really, whole vital ecosystems & their associated markets, they disappear overnight when an oil emergency like that occurs



It'll always be a controversial industry depending on what side of the possible eco-disaster one is on

Nobody wants an oil spill. But people need the oil. How much potential revenue the locality could make by playing ball vs their risk tolerance is ultimately decided by the constituency
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Not to mention that many of the federal agencies that would have to respond to such events have been gutted by the current Administration.
 
lenaitch said:
Not to mention that many of the federal agencies that would have to respond to such events have been gutted by the current Administration.
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Speaking of gutted...

Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter​

U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump's pledge to slash the government's size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings.

"That doesn't exist," Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about DOGE's status.

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Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter

The Department of Government Efficiency made dramatic forays across Washington in the early months of Trump's second term.
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daftandbarmy said:
Speaking of gutted...

Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter​

U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump's pledge to slash the government's size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings.

"That doesn't exist," Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about DOGE's status.

www.reuters.com

Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter

The Department of Government Efficiency made dramatic forays across Washington in the early months of Trump's second term.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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I remain convinced that DOGE was not an exercise in reducing "waste and fraud". It was a tightly planned heist that was launched to extract the most valuable commodity in the world: data.
 
brihard said:
Well, let’s keep our fingers crossed for Team Manatee then. It’s not in Canada’s national interest for the U.S. to expand their existing domestic oil production at lower cost and in close proximity to existing pipeline and refinery infrastructure that it could basically plug into.
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Wait until they take over Venezuela......game over.
 
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