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McConnell backs measure to change Senate rules, dismiss impeachment without articles
The Hill ^
| 01 09 2020
| Jordain Carney
Posted on 01/09/2020 1:16:00 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:17:19 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
To: yesthatjallen
She said it was of utmost importance and couldnt wait.
Clearly she lied and abused the powers of the House leadership.
To: yesthatjallen
Add in a Rule to Hold the Speaker of the House in Contempt of the Senate for this charade and you got a deal.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:18:38 PM PST
by
eyeamok
To: yesthatjallen
Mitch, is that carapace of yours turning into iron?
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:18:53 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: yesthatjallen
Changing the rules would either require a two-thirds vote or for Republicans to deploy the "nuclear" option.Yeah? I know a 2/3 vote is required to remove the president based on a House Impeachment. But I think a simple 51% majority is all that's needed to vote to dismiss lacking articles.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:20:13 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
To: yesthatjallen
Mitch has had enough nonsense!
To: 2banana
25 days to send articles of impeachment over to the Senate.????
More like 24 hrs, she’s had plenty of time
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:20:59 PM PST
by
Robe
(A nation can survive its fools and evet n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: yesthatjallen
Then he’d better get of his arse and she is now saying she will send it over on 1/10/20, All night Session Mitch, Call it dang it...
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:21:28 PM PST
by
taildragger
("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!")
To: 2banana
For all of his occasional lapses, McConnell will never let Pelosi think for a hot second that she'll ever out-maneuver him ... and McConnell has be positively wonderful with the President's judicial nominations and undoing the legacy of the former administration in so many ways. Cheers to Mr. McConnell!
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:22:15 PM PST
by
glennaro
To: yesthatjallen
So they’ve got 25 days to invent a bunch of new dirt on POTUS. They will begin doing this forthwith and then make demands for amended Articles. If that effort seems to be going south they will send over the current Articles in 25 days.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:22:17 PM PST
by
truthkeeper
(All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
To: yesthatjallen
Explains why Feinstein was on Pelosi.
Hopefully, a dismissal with prejudice ends up in the Congressional record. Makes it harder for CNN to lie about it 15 years later.
To: Robe
She gets an incomplete on her homework, missed the deadlines, and has Failed...
To: 2banana
Mitch impresses again
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he’s been great all through this
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:23:07 PM PST
by
samtheman
(I hope someone close to Trump is reading FR every day.)
To: yesthatjallen
Changing the rules would either require a two-thirds vote or for Republicans to deploy the “nuclear” option....
We’re in unknown territory. Some legal experts are saying that the 2/3 vote only applies when the senate officially receives the articles. Until that time they are free to change the rules with 51 votes.
I prefer Grahams plan to try the case without the articles by letting Trump’s lawyers rebut the house case. Then vote to acquit.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:23:44 PM PST
by
Ceebass
(The only thing Orwell got wrong was the date)
To: Responsibility2nd
"Yeah? I know a 2/3 vote is required to remove the president based on a House Impeachment. But I think a simple 51% majority is all that's needed to vote to dismiss lacking articles." It's referring to a 2/3 vote to change the rules, not to dismiss.
But I'm not sure if it's right. I thought a rules change only required a majority vote.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:26:00 PM PST
by
mlo
To: truthkeeper
The rule would probably be changed to 25 days from the date the House passes articles of impeachment. So the clock is already ticking.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:26:16 PM PST
by
mrs9x
To: Ceebass
Yeah. You said the same thing I did in post 6.
Senate Rules can be (and are routinely) changed with just a minimum of 51 votes.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:26:47 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
To: mrs9x
Good point and I hope you are correct.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:26:50 PM PST
by
truthkeeper
(All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
To: yesthatjallen
Bravo, but... 25 days? I’d give her until Monday morning at 8a.m. Gives them all weekend to work on it.
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posted on
01/09/2020 1:27:53 PM PST
by
Made In The USA
(Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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