Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. both could still be confirmed to join President Donald Trump’s team. However, their confirmations are currently facing some problems.
President Trump nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to be the country’s top law enforcement official after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration due to opposition from Senate Republicans. Bondi is a longtime Trump loyalist with a history of defending marriage and pro-life laws.
Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to kill Democrats’ ‘Right to IVF Act’, which would have required insurance companies to cover IVF for homosexual and gender-confused individuals and blocked states from restricting the practice.
The bill, which would have made it 'illegal for the federal government or states to restrict access to contraception,' failed to garner the needed 60 votes to overcome the Republican filibuster.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski switching parties is a no-brainer, and Sens. Susan Collins and Todd Young are two more possibilities. The predictability of the issue is actually quite simple: almost all senators kneel at the altar of money, nothing else.
McConnell has said he is 'proud' to have liberal Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican caucus and is spending millions on her behalf against a more conservative, GOP-backed challenger.