共和国の/共和党の-passed 法案 除去するs 役割 of Democratic 知事 if 上院 vacancy occurs in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky 国会議員s gave final 是認 Thursday to a 法案 stripping the 明言する/公表する's Democratic 知事 of any 役割 in 選ぶing someone to 占領する a U.S. 上院 seat if a vacancy occurred in the home 明言する/公表する of 82-year-old 上院 共和国の/共和党の leader Mitch McConnell.

The 法律制定 calls for a special 選挙 to fill any 上院 vacancy from the Bluegrass 明言する/公表する. The special 選挙 勝利者 would 持つ/拘留する the seat for the 残りの人,物 of the unexpired 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語.

"So it would be a direct 発言する/表明する of the people 決定するing how the vacancy is filled," 共和国の/共和党の 上院 大統領 Robert Stivers said while 現在のing the 法案 to his 同僚s.

The 明言する/公表する 上院 投票(する)d 34-3 after a 簡潔な/要約する discussion to send the 法案 to Gov. Andy Beshear. The 知事 has 公然と非難するd the 手段 as driven by partisanship, but the GOP supermajority 立法機関 could 無視/無効 a 拒否権 when 国会議員s 再召集する for the final two days of this year's 開会/開廷/会期 in 中央の-April.

The 法案's lead sponsor is 共和国の/共和党の House 大多数 床に打ち倒す Leader Steven Rudy. He has said the 手段 has nothing to do with McConnell, but instead 反映するd his long-running 政策 姿勢 on how an empty 上院 seat should be filled.

Rudy 言及するs to McConnell as a "広大な/多数の/重要な friend and a political 助言者," and credits the 明言する/公表する´s 上級の 上院議員 for playing an important 役割 in the GOP´s rise to dominance in the Kentucky 立法機関.

FILE - Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers presides over a session at the Kentucky State Capit
ol in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Kentucky lawmakers on Thursday, March 28, gave final approval to a bill stripping the state's Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

FILE - Kentucky 上院 大統領 Robert Stivers 統括するs over a 開会/開廷/会期 at the Kentucky 明言する/公表する (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Kentucky 国会議員s on Thursday, March 28, gave final 是認 to a 法案 stripping the 明言する/公表する's Democratic 知事 of any 役割 in 選ぶing someone to 占領する a U.S. 上院 seat if a vacancy occurred in the home 明言する/公表する of 82-year-old 上院 共和国の/共和党の leader Mitch McConnell.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, とじ込み/提出する)

Rudy has said his 法案 would 扱う/治療する a 上院 vacancy like that of a vacancy for a congressional or 法律を制定する seat in Kentucky - by 持つ/拘留するing a special 選挙 to fill the seat. The 法案 含むs an 緊急 条項, meaning it would 施行される すぐに if 制定するd into 法律.

Rudy introduced the 法案 in February and it (疑いを)晴らすd a House 委員会 a day after McConnell´s 告示 that he will step 負かす/撃墜する from his longtime 上院 leadership position in November. The 決定/判定勝ち(する) 始める,決める off a wave of 憶測 支援する home in Kentucky about the 未来 of his seat.

In his speech from the 上院 床に打ち倒す, McConnell left open the 可能性 that he might 捜し出す another 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 in 2026, 宣言するing at one point: "I´m not going anywhere anytime soon."

補佐官s said McConnell´s 告示 was 関係のない to his health. The 上院議員 had a concussion from a 落ちる last year and two public episodes where his 直面する 簡潔に froze while he was speaking.

Rudy has said he's talked about changing the way a 上院 vacancy is filled for more than a 10年間, since the 有罪の判決 of former Illinois Gov. 棒 Blagojevich for 罪,犯罪s that 含むd 捜し出すing to sell an 任命 to Barack Obama´s old 上院 seat. Rudy's 地区 in far western Kentucky 国境s Illinois.

Beshear - who won a 納得させるing reelection victory last November over a McConnell 被保護者 - had already seen his 影響(力) over selecting a 上院議員 大いに 減らすd by GOP 国会議員s.

In 2021, the 立法機関 除去するd the 知事's 独立した・無所属 力/強力にする to 一時的に fill a 上院 seat. That 手段 限界s a 知事 to choo sing from a three-指名する 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) 供給するd by party leaders from the same party as the 上院議員 who 以前は held the seat. Both of Kentucky´s U.S. 上院議員s are 共和国の/共和党のs. The 手段 became 法律 after GOP 国会議員s overrode Beshear´s 拒否権.

FILE - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, speaks with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear during a ceremony in the Rotunda at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 2, 2024. Kentucky lawmakers on Thursday, March 28 gave final approval to a bill stripping the state's Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of McConnell.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

FILE - 上院 少数,小数派 Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, speaks with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear during a 儀式 in the Rotunda at the Kentucky 明言する/公表する (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 2, 2024. Kentucky 国会議員s on Thursday, March 28 gave final 是認 to a 法案 st ripping the 明言する/公表する's Democratic 知事 of any 役割 in 選ぶing someone to 占領する a U.S. 上院 seat if a vacancy occurred in the home 明言する/公表する of McConnell.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, とじ込み/提出する)

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