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Senate Dems have gone AWOL
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:07 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:07 am
Normally this would be excellent 
yet they won't show up for conformation votes now so what does MItch do 
doesn't the senate have a jail 
yet they won't show up for conformation votes now so what does MItch do doesn't the senate have a jail This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 10:10 am
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:08 am to jb4
Call the sergeant at arms.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:08 am to jb4
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Ron Wyden
@RonWyden
Today @SenateFinance Democrats refused to move forward with nominations of Mnuchin & Price
Frick all of them
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:08 am to LosLobos111
Screw them. Use the nuclear opinion
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:08 am to LosLobos111
politicians gonna politic
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:09 am to conservativewifeymom
Take the vote without them.... WIN/WIN/WIN
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:09 am to conservativewifeymom
Forgive my ignorance but what is the nuclear option? I keep seeing it mentioned but never explained.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:09 am to td01241
Forces a simple majority vote
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:09 am to td01241
quote:
Forgive my ignorance but what is the nuclear option? I keep seeing it mentioned but never explained.
quote:
The nuclear or constitutional option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the U.S. Senate to override a rule or precedent by a simple majority of 51 votes, instead of by a supermajority of 60 votes. ... They immediately put the issue to the full Senate, which decides by majority vote.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:10 am to Count Chocula
Can't
Have to have at least one dem
Have to have at least one dem
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:10 am to jb4
Is this a replay of what Dems did in Wisconsin a few years ago? That didn't turn out very well if I remember correctly.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:10 am to td01241
Majority vote wins.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:10 am to cokebottleag
This must seem like deja vu to Perry who continually dealt with them pulling this shite in the Texas legislature.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:10 am to td01241
The nuclear or constitutional option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the U.S. Senate to override a rule or precedent by a simple majority of 51 votes, instead of by a supermajority of 60 votes. ... They immediately put the issue to the full Senate, which decides by majority vote.
From Wikipedia
From Wikipedia
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:11 am to conservativewifeymom
Thanks all
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:12 am to LosLobos111
Why not? Republicans have the 51 votes needed, don't they?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:12 am to biggsc
Call the sergeant at arms for a quorum.
IIRC there's a mechanism to forcibly make them appear.
IIRC there's a mechanism to forcibly make them appear.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:13 am to conservativewifeymom
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Why not? Republicans have the 51 votes needed, don't they?
Senate rules require at least one member of the minority to be present I believe.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:14 am to conservativewifeymom
One dem has to be "present"
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