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Chuck DarwinThe House budget bill passed in a 217-215 vote.Rep. Thomas Massie was the only Republican no vote.Shameful that no other Republicans care about their constituents or possess a spine.Democrats had four absences earlier. BUT, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Frederica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Frederica</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Wilson</a> returned for the evening series. Then as Rs prepared to put this bill on the floor, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brittany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Brittany</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pettersen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Pettersen</a> (recently gave birth) unexpectedly arrived to vote. AND <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kevin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Kevin</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mullin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mullin</a> (hospitalized) just unexpectedly showed up.

Chuck DarwinTrump’s willingness to choose cabinet members with histories of alleged sexual misconduct threw his transition plans off course this week.Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, dropped out of consideration on Thursday amid mounting questions over allegations of having sex with an underage girl and illicit drug use. He has denied wrongdoing.Gaetz's departure leaves two other cabinet candidates who also have been accused of sexual misconduct: <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pete" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Pete</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a>, nominated to run the Pentagon, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robert" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Robert</a> F. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Kennedy</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Jr</a>., Trump’s choice for Health and Human Services secretary.While allegations of sexual misconduct are not uncommon in politics, including against Trump himself, it is unusual for cabinet nominees to face such accusations.Some Republican senators said Hegseth in particular would now face more scrutiny with Gaetz out of the mix, though they did not think the extra attention would hurt his confirmation prospects."You guys will look more and more on what happened and will understand it's completely taken out of context, and I think Pete will get confirmed at the end of the day," Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Markwayne" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Markwayne</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mullin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mullin</a>, a Trump ally, told reporters.Hegseth, a 44-year-old military veteran and former Fox News host, has been accused by a woman who told police he sexually assaulted her at a conference in California in 2017. No charges were filed, and Hegseth and his attorney have said the sexual encounter was consensual.Hegseth met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday to rally support for his nomination as news of Gaetz's withdrawal broke.Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Jack</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Reed</a>, the outgoing Democratic chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the stumble with Gaetz means the allegation against Hegseth will need to be closely vetted."From what I’ve seen from news reports, it is very concerning. It has to be looked at," Reed told reporters.<a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/23/world/politics/trump-nominees-sexual-misconduct-spotlight/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/23/world/politics/trump-nominees-sexual-misconduct-spotlight/</a>

Chuck DarwinSenators are privately (and publicly) saying they hope Donald Trump 💥stays out of the internal election to replace <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mitch</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McConnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#McConnell</a> as Senate GOP leader.Why it matters: None of them know — or it's a damn good secret — whether the felon-candidate will make an endorsement. But senators and advisors fear a Trump intervention could turn the secret ballot leader election into a public feud. "I said, 'Sir, if I was you, I would stay out of the race, because there's no win for you in this,'" Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Markwayne" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Markwayne</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mullin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mullin</a> (R-Okla.) told us about a recent call with Trump. "I hope not," said Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Thom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tillis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Tillis</a>, when asked if he thinks Trump will weigh in. "I think outside influence could be problematic." "He's offered some views on it to me,"Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Josh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Josh</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hawley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Hawley</a> (R-Mo.) told us. "It's safe to say he has a pretty consistent prediction of who he thinks it'll be." -- Hawley said he did not know if Trump would weigh in.Between the lines: This the first real competitive Senate GOP leadership race of the Trump-era, and his endorsement still carries a lot of weight with a segment of the conference.McConnell has had a tumultuous relationship with the pussy-grabber. The top two candidates — Sens. John <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thune" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Thune</a> and John <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cornyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Cornyn</a> — each have had rocky relationships with Trump. However, they have worked to make amends.After Jan. 6, Thune denounced Trump and initially endorsed Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for president. Cornyn has said the GOP needed to move on from Trump.Senate sources do not talk about Sen. Rick <a href="https://c.im/tags/Scott" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Scott</a>'s (R-Fla.) bid as seriously as Thune's or Cornyn's, though he has a good relationship with Trump. "Sen. Scott is focused on dramatically changing the way the Senate operates and creating a member-driven process," according to spokesperson McKinley Lewis.Sources often describe Thune as the likely favorite, though they say not to discount how much Cornyn's long history of hard-dollar fundraising for Senate campaigns means to people.Cornyn told us it's been a few weeks since he spoke with Trump about the leadership race. But he visited Mar-a-Lago a couple months ago "to talk about planning for the future," adding they've been "visiting with some of the transition folks."Mullin said Trump "likes" Thune despite their rocky past. The Oklahoma Republican has publicly backed Thune.Some sources suspect there could be a late entry: NRSC Chair Steve <a href="https://c.im/tags/Daines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Daines</a> (R-Mont.) is the most-floated name.The bottom line: There's not a lot of incentive for senators benefiting from both Thune and Cornyn's aggressive fundraising efforts to commit too early."If one of them felt that they really had a majority, I think they would not be shy about saying that, but I don't think anybody does," Hawley said.<a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/10/03/trump-senate-republicans-mcconnell-thune-cornyn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.axios.com/2024/10/03/trump-senate-republicans-mcconnell-thune-cornyn</a>

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