Well-behaved women... : a 2020 TL

[Kamala]

Patty
January 6th, 2017

Patty Murray, who was elected Majority Leader after Harry Reid's retirement, was the first female Majority Leader in history. And with Donald Trump just being elected president by the House, it was imperative she kept control of her chamber, until January 20th, when she would have to give up the reins to Mitch McConnell.

But that was a story for later. Now, the Senate had to elect the Vice President - a tricky ordeal with a tied chamber.

"Senator Alexander from Tennessee casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Baldwin from Wisconsin casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Barrasso from Wyoming casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Bennet from Colorado casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Blumenthal from Connecticut casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Blunt from Missouri casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Booker from New Jersey casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Boozman from Arkansas casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Brown from Ohio casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Burr from North Carolina casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Cantwell from Washington casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Capito from West Virginia casts her vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Cardin from Maryland casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Carper from Delaware casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Casey from Pennsylvania casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Cassidy from Louisiana casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Cochran from Mississippi casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Collins from Maine casts her vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Coons from Delaware casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Corker from Tennessee casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Cornyn from Texas casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Cortez Masto from Nevada casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Cotton from Arkansas casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Crapo from Idaho casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Cruz from Texas casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Daines from Montana casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Donnelly from Indiana casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Duckworth from Illinois casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Durbin from Illinois casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Edwards from Maryland casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Enzi from Wyoming casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Ernst from Iowa casts her vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Feinstein from California casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Fischer from Nebraska casts her vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Flake from Arizona casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Franken from Minnesota casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Gardner from Colorado casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Gillibrand from New York casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Graham from South Carolina casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Grassley from Iowa casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Hagan from North Carolina casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Harris from California casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Hassan from New Hampshire casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Hatch from Utah casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Heinrich from New Mexico casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Heitkamp from North Dakota casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Heller from Nevada casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Hirono from Hawaii casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Hoeven from North Dakota casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Inhofe from Oklahoma casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Isakson from Georgia casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Johnson from Wisconsin casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Kaine from Virginia casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Kennedy from Louisiana casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator King from Maine casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Klobuchar from Minnesota casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Lankford from Oklahoma casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Leahy from Vermont casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Lee from Utah casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Manchin from West Virginia casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Markey from Massachusetts casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator McCain from Arizona casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator McCaskill from Missouri casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator McConnell from Kentucky casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator McGinty from Pennsylvania casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Menendez from New Jersey casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Merkley from Oregon casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Moran from Kansas casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Murkowski from Alaska casts her vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Murphy from Connecticut casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Murray from Washington casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Nelson from Florida casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Paul from Kentucky casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Perdue from Georgia casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Peters from Michigan casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Portman from Ohio casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Reed from Rhode Island casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Risch from Idaho casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Roberts from Kansas casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Rounds from South Dakota casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Rubio from Florida casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Sanders from Vermont casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Sasse from Nebraska casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Sessions from Alabama casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Schatz from Hawaii casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Schumer from New York casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Scott from South Carolina casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Shaheen from New Hampshire casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Shelby from Alabama casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Sullivan from Alaska casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Tester from Montana casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Thune from South Dakota casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Udall from New Mexico casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Warner from Virginia casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Warren from Massachusetts casts her vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Whitehouse from Rhode Island casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Wicker from Mississippi casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Senator Wyden from Oregon casts his vote for Brian Schweitzer.

Senator Young from Indiana casts his vote for Michael Pence.

Well, no surprises here. 50-50. I guess we'll keep voting for the coming days until somehow something changes. Maybe Trump will never have a Vice President.

[AtorBoltox]

Wouldn't Biden be able to break the tie in this scenario?

[Kamala]

Wouldn't Biden be able to break the tie in this scenario?

No, the elected VP needs 51 Senators to vote for him. The VP can't break this tie, so they keep voting until someone flips.

[Lord Admirale]

This is really interesting; keep it up!

[BuckeyeNut]

If the Senate is 50-50, why would McConnell become maj. leader?

[Don Vito Corleone]

If the Senate is 50-50, why would McConnell become maj. leader?

When the Senate is tied, the Vice President's party becomes the Majority Party, so until January 20th, Biden would give the Dems a Majority, but on January 20th, Pence becomes VP and he would give the Republicans a Majority (this exact thing happened in 2000, Tom Dashale was majority leader from January 3rd to January 20th when Cheney became VP and gave the tie breaking vote to the Republicans, and Trent Lott became Majority leader).

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

If the Senate is 50-50, why would McConnell become maj. leader?

When the Senate is tied, the Vice President's party becomes the Majority Party, so until January 20th, Biden would give the Dems a Majority, but on January 20th, Pence becomes VP and he would give the Republicans a Majority (this exact thing happened in 2000, Tom Dashale was majority leader from January 3rd to January 20th when Cheney became VP and gave the tie breaking vote to the Republicans, and Trent Lott became Majority leader).

In case you didn't notice, there is no VP (at least, there won't be on the 20th).

[Kamala]

Ivanka
February 20th, 2017

Inauguration Day came and went, and Ivanka's father was sworn in as President of the United States, with no Vice President to support him. Similarly, the Senate's votes for president Pro Tempore were deadlocked, leaving no "acting Vice President" either.

But despite all these difficulties, Ivanka stayed on board with her father, even taking an unofficial job alongside her husband, Jared.

In his first month as President, her father struggled with a consistent message to the public, and forming his own cabinet.

Bolded are confirmed, unbolded are nominated.

President: Donald Trump
Vice President: Vacant
Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson
Treasury Secretary: Steve Mnuchin Josh Mandel
Defense Secretary: James Mattis
Attorney General: Roy Moore Chris Christie Greg Abbott
Interior Secretary: Ryan Zinke 
Agriculture Secretary: Sonny Perdue
Commerce Secretary: Carl Ichan
Labor Secretary: Andrew Puzder
Health and Human Services Secretary: Tom Price
Housing and Urban Development Secretary: Ben Carson Scott Brown   
Transportation Secretary: Elaine Chao
Energy Secretary: not yet nominated
Education Secretary: Betsy DeVos
Veterans Affairs Secretary: David Shulkin 
Homeland Security Secretary: John Kelly 

U.N. Ambassador: Nikki Haley

White House Chief of Staff: Kellyanne Conway

Ivanka didn't know why her father picked many of his choices, considering so many of them would be rejected by the Senate, stalling his cabinet formation even longer. Feeling continually shut out of the White House, Ivanka was questioning whether to even stay on. Steve Bannon, her father's Chief Strategist, seemed to enjoy bullying her and her husband... She swore she'd do anything in her power to hurt Steve.


Trump Approval Rating:
Approve: 41%
Disapprove: 55%

[Lord Admirale]

I should've asked this sooner, but why did Patty Murray become Democratic leader over Schumer?

[Kamala]

I should've asked this sooner, but why did Patty Murray become Democratic leader over Schumer?

The invisible hand of feminism.

[Lord Admirale]

I should've asked this sooner, but why did Patty Murray become Democratic leader over Schumer?

The invisible hand of feminism.

Understandable

[BuckeyeNut]

Oh God. Mandel for Sec. of Treasury...

[Kamala]

Karen
May 8th, 2017

Karen was at the end of her rope. From coming in third in the gubernatorial primaries in 2010 to her lackluster time at Susan G. Komen, the special election to fill Tom Price's seat was her last shot to make a political name for herself.

It should be an easy election, considering that Price won in a landslide in 2016 and Trump did as well, by a smaller margin.

But somehow the child the Democrats chose to support is popular with these suburban wine moms.

And that was just one of the challenges - Karen also has to defeat all the other Republicans in the jungle primary. Dan Moody, Judson Hill, Bob Gray, all the others.

Hell, I ran the best damn campaign I could. There's no way I'm not in the top 2.

Yet the albatross of Trump hung on the necks of all Republicans. With a do-nothing administration, vice-president-less, with a half-filled cabinet and increasingly souring relations across the globe, Trump has made no friends and has continued to upset his base. And, of course, the questions of Russia and Trump's business dealings, all things that continued to turn reluctant Trump voters away from the President.

Karen and her team were sitting around their campaign office, awaiting the results.

Slowly but surely, the results trickled in.

CNN was ready to make a prediction - Jon Ossoff was to come in first. The early results coming in from Fulton County showed him with a majority of the vote - something that was going to evaporate, but was more that enough for him to get a plurality. 

Second place - the important thing for Karen - was still underdetermined.

By 12:30 AM, the final votes had come in. Karen did come in second place. But it was all for moot:

Final Results
Jon Ossoff - 50.31%
Karen Handel - 15.33%
Bob Gray - 11.03%
Dan Moody - 8.99%
Judson Hill - 8.34%
Other Republicans - 5.45%
Other Democrats - 0.55%



Trump Approval Rating:
Approve - 36%
Disapprove - 60%

[BuckeyeNut]

Best wank fic in a while, though I'm sure you mean for Karen to say, "There's no way I'm not in the top 2."

Also since Ossoff won -- against a woman, no less -- how fared the other special election Dems?

[Kamala]

Best wank fic in a while, though I'm sure you mean for Karen to say, "There's no way I'm not in the top 2."

Also since Ossoff won -- against a woman, no less -- how fared the other special election Dems?

Fixed.


And it will be covered in following updates- MT-AL, which will have the same candidates as IRL.

[West_Midlander]

Best wank fic in a while, though I'm sure you mean for Karen to say, "There's no way I'm not in the top 2."

Also since Ossoff won -- against a woman, no less -- how fared the other special election Dems?

Fixed.


And it will be covered in following updates- MT-AL, which will have the same candidates as IRL.

Quist! Quist! Quist!

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

This is great Kamala!

[Kamala]

Halladay
May 25th, 2017

Halladay Quist was anxiously watching CNN with her father, Rob, in their Missoula campaign headquarters. Their opponent was notorious loser and New Jerseyite Greg Gianforte.

And poor old Greg. Two campaigns in one year has wrought havoc on his mind. It's good that the election has finally come to a close. He can finally relax.

Yes, old Greg had gone off the rails during the election. And he was facing an uphill battle regardless, as Montana voted for Sanders by a margin of 2.3%, thanks to the presence of the most popular man in Montana on the ticket - Brian Schweitzer. And as Schweitzer, Governor Steve Bullock, and Senator Jon Tester all campaigned for Quist, Gianforte's chances were looking more and more grim. Halladay contributed, in her own way - by holding concert rallies - and performing at fundraisers.

But the icing on the cake had to be Gianforte's assault of reporter Ben Jacobs yesterday. Halladay was truly worried that Gianforte had gone insane - or worse. When news of the assault broke, Halladay was midway through a concert-fundraiser. She decided, on the spot, to announce that the proceeds would go to Mr. Jacobs's hospital bills, and all extra would be donated to the hospital. The campaign didn't really need the money anymore, but these concerts were helpful in getting people exc—

"Oh, oh, oh - they're about to begin reporting the results!"

(Sorry for color mixup!)

Rob Quist (D) - 203,100 - 51.3%
Greg Gianforte (R) - 158,591 - 40.0%
Mark Wicks (L) - 34,214 - 8.6%

Trump Approval Rating:
Approve - 38%
Disapprove - 59%

[MAINEiac4434]

This is spectacular

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

This is spectacular

[The Govanah Jake]

Nice County Map

[Mr. Smith]

Missed opportunity with Amanda Curtis, but okay.

[Kamala]

Missed opportunity with Amanda Curtis, but okay.

Don’t worry.

[America Needs R'hllor]

This is spectacular

[tmthforu94]

Status of cabinet nominees/Vice President? Great timeline!