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hedda_foil

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1. Is there another reason beyond not wanting to lose the House or Senate?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 03:51 PM

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Without an election, there would be no House Members and just 2/3 of the Senate remaining. The current (119th) Congress will end early in January of 2027. Would Trump seriously bother to order the current Congress members to continue? (Unconstitutional to begin with) or would he just declare Congress disbanded and himself Supreme Leader?

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