When Will and Toby are in Will's office working on the speech, as Will is typing, no text appears (or disappears) on his screen.
Toby says that if Thiel votes no Russell's confirmation vote will be 534-1. However a politician cannot be a member of two branches of government at the same time, therefore, Russell would have had to resign from congress, his seat would have been vacant, so the vote would have to be 533-1.