The bill giving DC back control of the RFK Stadium land finally passed through the Senate over the weekend, thanks to unanimous consent – so what exactly does that mean?
“So it got taken out of the smaller package that passed and avoided the shutdown, so from Thursday all the way to Saturday morning, the lobbying effort was targeted at the Senate to pass the RFK stadium bill as a solo bill instead of having it in the government funding bill,” Perez said. “So it got down to the last minute, all 100 senators had to be on board with it, and once Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced it, there were no objections, and within a couple of minutes, the bill passed. Now we’re waiting for President Biden to sign it, and then the RFK stadium site where the team played for decades becomes basically the top option for the next Commanders stadium.”
BMitch thinks maybe the thought of having other huge events in DC – like maybe the Super Bowl and/or the Olympics? – played a role in the unanimous consent, so a stadium is pretty much a lock at this point, but some folks are lucky that they counted the chickens and they still hatched?