Lankford stranded in border patrol battle

“I feel like a guy standing in the middle of a field with a metal pole in a thunderstorm,” he told Punchbowl News late last week about his job negotiating major changes to border security. I touched it.

“If any of my colleagues want to do this, please do so,” Lankford said. “But don't just hold a press conference. Actually talk to the other side and figure out what you can actually work out.”

The house has been divided: 4th District Rep. Tom Cole said the protest vote by members of his chamber robbed Republicans of “a big part of their majority power.”

Some of the most conservative Republicans have voted against the resolution that would set the rules for considering the bill. With minimal advantages, they were able to block consideration of bills supported by a majority of the chamber, and often the entire House.

Because the rule was defeated, the bill was effectively defeated before it even came to the floor.

As a result, House Speaker Mike Johnson has placed some of the most important bills on “stay text,” meaning no amendments and very short debates. And because the suspension bill requires a two-thirds majority, Johnson would need to give the votes to Democrats.

Cole told the Washington Post that the best way to pass the most conservative bill possible is to pass rules from committees that allow for amendments and debate and require only a simple majority to pass. Ta.

“Not playing by the rules and not upholding the rules undermines our ability to get things done,” Cole said.

Dots and dashes: The narrow “no” votes of Sens. Markwayne Mullin and Lankford did not prevent Joe Goffman from becoming the EPA's director of air pollution. … Disturbed by the news that the Federal Aviation Administration was installing an air traffic controller training system in Austin, the Oklahoma delegation asked the FAA to move the air traffic controller training system to the Monroney Center in Oklahoma City, where all air traffic controllers are located. I submitted a letter requesting that it be maintained as much as possible. The country's air traffic controllers are currently undergoing training. … 2nd District Councilman Josh Brechen was the delegation's only “no” vote on H.R. 7024, which extends many business tax breaks and revamps the child tax credit. …3rd District Rep. Frank Lucas, chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren, R-Calif., told the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy about continuing concerns about sexual harassment in the sciences. I applied pressure.

— Randy Krehbiel, Tulsa World