[Political Junkie Too]

I've been aware of the process since Estrada.

1) McConnell is appealing the ruling of the parliamentarian to the president of the Senate (Pence).

2) Pence will overrule the parliamentarian,

3) then the Senate votes to accept Pence's overrule.

4) Then they revote the cloture vote with a 51-vote threshold.

-PJ

[Cboldt]

The process doesn't have to follow that exact pattern. In this case, the presiding officer (who was not Pence) ruled AGAINST McConnell, and accepted the rule of the parliamentarian.

Pence puts the question, should the decision of the chair (rejecting McConnell) be upheld.

The only ramification of the chair supporting or rejecting McConnell's motion is the phrasing of the "nuclear" question, and the historical position of the parliamentarian in this theater.