r/todayilearned • u/Fun_Camel_2188 • 15h ago

TIL that in 1993, Congressman Bill Paxon got down on one knee on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and proposed to fellow Rep. Susan Molinari. She said, “Yes—but get up.” They married the following year.

https://psaparliaments.org/2023/02/02/love-in-the-legislature-from-proposal-to-aye-do/
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u/JosephFinn 15h ago

And apparently they’re still married, a good 32 years!

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u/wedgebert 8h ago

32 years? I guess Paxon did change his mind on term limits after all

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u/Aware_Wolverine77 2h ago

And he's cheating on her left and right...and dumb enough to get caught on video doing it.

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u/greenknight884 14h ago

Thought it said Bill paxton

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u/JosephFinn 14h ago

RIP. Miss that dude.

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u/FrighteningJibber 14h ago

Bill Pullman is very much alive

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u/Equivalent_Net_3752 12h ago

He will not go quietly into the night, he will not go down without a fight lol.

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u/henlochimken 10h ago

Our greatest president

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u/Equivalent_Net_3752 10h ago

He’s going to live on, he’s going to survive.

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u/JosephFinn 14h ago

Booooo

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u/Suspicious-Whippet 14h ago

Game over man. Game over.

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u/BloodyRightNostril 6h ago

Liability only.

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u/Sloppy_Steak85 3h ago

Don’t even think about it.

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u/taney71 14h ago

Same. Like I thought he went into Congress after staring in Pederator 2

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u/VikingSlayer 11h ago

The first Predator does have two future governors, so it's not that farfetched.

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u/TheKanten 1h ago

We missed out on Senator Predator.

Though I guess we technically have several of those today.

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u/majorjoe23 12h ago

Wasn’t he elected to congress in a later season of Big Love?

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u/MusicG619 12h ago

TIP OF THE SPEAR

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u/xKaelic 10h ago

Oh shit, it doesn't???

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u/DammitBungo 6h ago

See, there was another Bill, an Evil Bill, and I killed him…

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u/Sharlinator 14h ago edited 14h ago

I don’t think you’re allowed to take motions to the floor without having them seconded first

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u/JosephFinn 14h ago

You could argue she seconded it by saying yes.

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u/blbd 14h ago

That would explain why there are so many sex scandals. They're all poly. 

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u/learns_the_hard_way 15h ago

Tax payer funded proposal

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u/Magdovus 15h ago

Most popular thing Congress has ever done 

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u/whiskeytango55 14h ago

Take my wife, please

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u/asault2 14h ago

Tax my wife

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u/Deitaphobia 8h ago

Droit du seigneur

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u/maroonedpariah 14h ago

Censure my wife

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u/learns_the_hard_way 14h ago

Thank you for your donation, but your wife is far too young for the Democrats and far too old for the Republicans.

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u/Magdovus 14h ago

Well we weren't going to tell you like this but now you mention it...

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u/morbie5 14h ago

Tax payer funded proposal

Trump: "Oh? Tell me more"

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u/Free2Bernie 14h ago

....really?

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u/Daratirek 14h ago

Its a good joke to be fair.

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

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u/Free2Bernie 12h ago

It took you longer to write that than it did for him to propose so clearly your time isn't so valuable.

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u/Late_Piano_5030 14h ago

Both from New York

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u/EggCzar 11h ago

So that's how she joined the cast of Big Love

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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 14h ago

Because of the implication

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u/GotMoFans 10h ago

Meanwhile in 2024, Rep. Lauren Boebert got down on two knees…

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u/BlackBricklyBear 8h ago

Let me guess: did the entirety of the House of Representatives applaud the pair once Rep. Susan said "Yes"?