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Redistricting Power Shift, Warsh Fed Vote & Housing Fight | May 2025
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Republicans are positioned to gain up to 12 House seats through redistricting alone as Virginia's Supreme Court blocks Democratic maps and an emergency appeal heads to SCOTUS. Plus: the Kevin Warsh Fed chair confirmation vote, and Congress juggling housing, immigration, and farm bills.
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Republicans are now positioned to gain up to twelve additional House seats before a single vote is cast in the next election. That shift isn't coming from the ballot box.
The sharpest development came out of Virginia. The state Supreme Court struck down a referendum that would have allowed new congressional maps drawn by Democrats.
Congress returned from recess with a packed legislative agenda, and the Senate's most consequential near-term vote may have nothing to do with redistricting. Kevin Warsh was confirmed to the Federal Reserve Board, and a vote on his elevation to Fed chair is expected as soon as Wednesday.
Beyond the Fed, Congress is managing three competing legislative priorities. President Trump demanded immediate passage of the twenty-first Century ROAD to Housing Act, a Senate-passed bipartisan bill aimed at increasing home building.
The two real signals to track from here are straightforward. First, the US Supreme Court's response to Virginia's emergency redistricting appeal.
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