{"id":2208716,"date":"2024-03-28T19:47:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-legislature-passes-bill-cutting-democratic-governor-out-of-senate-vacancy-process\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T19:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:49:23","slug":"kentucky-legislature-passes-bill-cutting-democratic-governor-out-of-senate-vacancy-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-legislature-passes-bill-cutting-democratic-governor-out-of-senate-vacancy-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky legislature approves bill sidelining Democratic governor in Senate vacancy selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkentucky-legislature-passes-bill-cutting-democratic-governor-out-of-senate-vacancy-process%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Kentucky \u200bSenate\u200b passed a bill\u2062 to limit Gov. Andy Beshear&#8217;s authority in appointing\u200d replacements for vacant U.S. Senate seats, opting for\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republican-state-senators-propose-bills-to-end-no-excuse-mail-voting-automatic-registration\/\" title=\"Georgia Republican State Senators Propose Bills to End No-excuse Mail Voting, Automatic Registration\">special elections<\/a> instead. This move follows concerns \u200dover Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-new-zealand-shooting-hours-before-the-womens-world-cup\/\" title=\"Two dead in NZ shooting prior to Women's World Cup.\">health\u200b issues<\/a> and his \u200dimpending resignation as \u200dRepublican leader. Republican Steven Rudy\u200d led the legislation to\u200c curtail the governor&#8217;s power in this process. The Kentucky\u200b Senate approved a bill to restrict Governor Andy \u200bBeshear from \u200cselecting replacements for empty \u200cU.S. Senate seats, favoring \u200dspecial elections. This decision \u200barose amid worries about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s health problems\u200b and upcoming resignation as the Republican leader. The bill, championed by\u200b Republican Steven Rudy, aims to limit the governor&#8217;s influence in this matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kentucky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kentucky\">Kentucky<\/a> Senate sent a bill to Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-beshear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kentucky\">Andy Beshear<\/a>\u2018s (D-KY) desk that would cut him out of the process of filling a vacancy in either of the commonwealth\u2019s U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> seats.<\/p>\n<p>The upper chamber of the state legislature passed House Bill 622, which would remove the authority for the governor to appoint a replacement for a vacant U.S. Senate seat and instead keep the seat open until a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> can be held. The state Senate passed the law, 34-3, on Thursday after it passed the state House, 88-4, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2898423\/kentucky-republicans-move-strip-beshear-power-replace-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"earlier\">earlier<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<p>The bill comes as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has had several health scares in recent years, and the governor\u2019s mansion in Kentucky is set to be occupied by Beshear, a Democrat, until December 2027. McConnell announced earlier this year he would step down as Republican leader in the Senate later this year, but he has said he will finish out his Senate term, which expires in January 2027.<\/p>\n<p>State House Republican Steven Rudy, who spearheaded the legislation, has claimed the bill is aimed at preventing a situation like in Illinois when former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of attempting to sell an appointment to fill former Democratic Sen. Barack Obama\u2019s seat. Rudy has denied that the bill is designed with McConnell in mind.<\/p>\n<p>A 2021 bill, which Beshear vetoed but was put into law after GOP supermajorities in both chambers overrode his veto, requires the governor to choose from a list of three names offered by the political party of the senator who previously held the seat. Beshear has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2443568\/beshear-refuses-to-commit-to-appointing-gop-replacement-if-mcconnell-resigns-over-health-scares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"refused\">refused<\/a> to commit to following this law regarding appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, commenting on the bill, said it was because Beshear \u201crefused to commit to following the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould a U.S. Senate seat from Kentucky ever be vacated \u2013 God forbid \u2013 our state will go unrepresented until we can conduct a special election, simply because Governor Beshear \u2013 as he has so often \u2013 refused to commit to following the law,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adams4SecState\/status\/1773348254064718080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bill goes to Beshear\u2019s desk for his approval or veto. Republicans in the state have supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature, meaning a veto could likely be overridden, and the bill could still become law.<\/p>\n<p>Beshear has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4sseHKLHXw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">called<\/a> the bill \u201crank partisanship\u201d and argued that people want \u201cgood government that focuses on our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kentucky Senate passed House Bill 622, aimed at barring Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) from appointing a successor to vacant U.S. Senate seats. The bill would strip the governor of his authority in the replacement process, shifting the power elsewhere. It now awaits Gov. Beshear&#8217;s decision as it sits on his desk for approval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2208717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24088708803602-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24088708803602-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}