US Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) has stroke

[theHawk]

Another vaccident?
He’s only 49 years old, had some kind of stroke. In hospital having surgery.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[White 6]

Another vaccident?
He’s only 49 years old, had some kind of stroke. In hospital having surgery.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

Dems have had a pretty frustrating year with Joe at the helm (sort of). Stress related high blood pressure?

 

[JLW]

Dems have had a pretty frustrating year with Joe at the helm (sort of). Stress related high blood pressure?

Strokes can have myriad causes. If he is expected to make a full recovery it means they got him to the hospital fast enough.

 

[task0778]

Lujan's absence from the Senate means Democrats will lack the 50 members needed for any purely partisan votes.

Democrats would not need any GOP votes to confirm President Joe Biden's eventual Supreme Court nominee so long as the party is unified in its support.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

Is it me or does this seem contradictory?

 

[Esdraelon]

Lujan's absence from the Senate means Democrats will lack the 50 members needed for any purely partisan votes.

Democrats would not need any GOP votes to confirm President Joe Biden's eventual Supreme Court nominee so long as the party is unified in its support.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

Is it me or does this seem contradictory?

I think the writer was trying to explain the problem that could result from this Senator's prolonged absence but got a bit confused along the way. Crappy editor.

 

[JGalt]

Another vaccident?
He’s only 49 years old, had some kind of stroke. In hospital having surgery.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

Look a the bright side: He would now be the most capable 2024 candidate to run for President on the Dem's ticket.

 

[JLW]

Look a the bright side: He would now be the most capable 2024 candidate to run for President on the Dem's ticket.

He could be brain dead and still more capable then Trump or DeSantis.

 

[BackAgain]

Lujan's absence from the Senate means Democrats will lack the 50 members needed for any purely partisan votes.

Democrats would not need any GOP votes to confirm President Joe Biden's eventual Supreme Court nominee so long as the party is unified in its support.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

Is it me or does this seem contradictory?

Yes. 49 out of 99 isn’t a majority. They need all 50 of 50 to get a vote win via the VP’s tie-breaker. The editor missed it I think.

 

[1srelluc]

Yes. 49 out of 99 isn’t a majority. They need all 50 of 50 to get a vote win via the VP’s tie-breaker. The editor missed it I think.

Yep, Cumswalla does not have a vote unless it's a tie.....I guess he could resign and the dem governor of NM could appoint a replacement.

 

[jknowgood]

Another vaccident?
He’s only 49 years old, had some kind of stroke. In hospital having surgery.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

Sorry to hear, but the media hides the bad effects of the vaccine.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

US Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) has stroke​

Progress.

 

[JGalt]

Progress.

1 down 79 million 999 thousand 999 to go.

The jabs should significantly lower that number.

 

[task0778]

Well, things can change, right? Maybe Lujan makes it back in time for a critical vote on a Supreme Court justice or a reconciliation bill of some kind. Or maybe a Republican falls ill, has a stroke or heart attack, you never know. Right now, Mitt Romney is out with COVID but he'll be back maybe next week. There's lotsa possibilities that could happen between now and November.

 

[excalibur]

He could be brain dead and still more capable then Trump or DeSantis.

You are one sick person.

 

[excalibur]

I'm sure that Lindsey Graham is going to vote for the choice. As well as several other Republicans.

 

[JLW]

You are one sick person.

I was responding at another poster, moron, but you only attack me. Par for the course for you.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

It's really telling how the man has a stroke and the first thing everyone is concerned about are the political implications.

 

[iceberg]

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

stroke.

thankfully a full recovery is expected.

that said, politically while he can't vote, dems no longer have majority as far as I know.

 

[Moonglow]

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan hospitalized after stroke

Lujan's office said he is expected to make a full recovery but did not specify when he would be back in Washington for votes.

www.nbcnews.com

stroke.

thankfully a full recovery is expected.

that said, politically while he can't vote, dems no longer have majority as far as I know.

he can vote via proxy.

 

[task0778]

Which presents the Senate democrats with quite a problem, as far as their confirmations of executive positions and federal judges go. Right now, there are a couple of Repub senators ill with Covid, but they are expected back next week and at that point the GOP would have a 50-49 majority. Would McConnell then become the Senate Majority Leader, thereby controlling what gets debated and what doesn't? I don't think so, I haven't heard that possibility discussed in the news anywhere. But how long with Sen Lujan be gone? One assumes he'll be back in time to vote on the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Breyer, which I believe isn't resigning until October, but any other absences in the Senate for the democrats would hamper their ability to pass anything in reconciliation or confirm that replacement.