On 26 Feb 2022, James Hodgkinson <namblamdsembe555rs@gop.org> posted
some news:sve3pb$1rk3c$57@news.freedyn.de:

> We all gotta laugh at India getting a Democrat faggot enabler for a
United States of America representative.

WASHINGTON � The Senate is due to vote Wednesday on former Los Angles
Mayor Eric Garcetti�s nomination to be ambassador to India. But after
nearly two years of delays, the outcome is still uncertain.
An unusually high number of absences among senators and lingering doubts
about how much Garcetti knew about a former top aide�s alleged sexual
harassment have added a rare level of uncertainty to the vote.

The Senate is due to vote Wednesday morning on a procedural motion related
to the nomination. If it is successful, a vote on confirmation would be
held Wednesday afternoon.

Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, who is responsible for counting votes
for Democrats, refused to predict Tuesday whether the vote would be
successful. Democrats have not �whipped� the vote � or asked each
Democratic senator how they intend to vote � �so I don�t assume any
outcome until we� vote, he said.

It is unusual for a high-profile nomination to go to the Senate floor and
lose. But the White House and Garcetti have strongly pushed for a vote to
be held, regardless of the outcome.

That has put a vise around some Democrats who have publicly expressed
concern about whether Garcetti knew about the sexual harassment his former
aide, Rick Jacobs, allegedly committed.

While at least two Republicans have already supported Garcetti in
committee, it is uncertain whether other Republicans would cross the aisle
to save a Biden nominee, particularly if Democrats balk.

In addition, several senators are absent from Washington this week,
including Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who was recently diagnosed
with shingles in San Francisco.

If the vote fails, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) has
the option to revisit the nomination in the future.

President Biden nominated Garcetti in July 2021. But the nomination
withered amid the sexual harassment concerns. Garcetti told lawmakers if
he had known about the harassment, he would have done something about it.

With Republicans promising to slow-walk the nomination, Senate Democrats
last year were unwilling to waste valuable floor time to move it and
instead wanted to focus on legislation that could pass the Democratic-
controlled House.

When Republicans took control of the House this year, Senate Democrats
pushed most legislation to the back burner and prioritized moving stalled
nominees.

The U.S. Embassy in India has been without an ambassador since January
2021, the longest stretch in the history of U.S.-India relations that the
post has sat vacant.

<https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-03-15/garcetti-key-senate-
vote-for-ambassadorship>