'I didn't know this was what I was getting into,' Rep.-elect Sydney Kamlager-Dove told her predecessor, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sent a pair of text messages to her successor in Congress this week.
The House was set to meet again Friday for a 12th vote. Meanwhile, Kamlager-Dove doesn’t even know which committees she’ll be assigned to.Excited family members who flew to Washington to celebrate Kamlager-Dove’s swearing-in have already returned home disappointed. Kamlager-Dove’s staff is feeling the pinch, too. She has no district office in California — because she’s not yet an official member of Congress — and her aides are unable to push legislation or help constituents.
“It’s important to realize that 11 votes have been votes of no confidence, and once you become speaker — if, in fact, you become speaker — how are you going to lead a caucus that does not respect you?” she asked. “Trust is incredibly important. Trust has not been built in the course of these 11 votes.
“I’m working really hard to manage my side eye and my facial expressions,” she said. “I’ve gotten plenty of texts from people who say: ‘I see you on C-SPAN. You’re rolling your eyes at somebody.’” With an empowered right wing in a narrow Republican majority, Congress could soon find itself in two more standoffs. Later this year, the House will have to vote on a measure to fund the government and a separate effort to raise the federal debt ceiling and avoid a default on the nation’s debt.
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