Posted on 10/05/2018 5:38:59 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
I think he’s going to get a ride on Airforce One Helicopter - and then make a grand entrance at his daughter’s wedding - win win
I thought that pairing was done for someone “across the aisle.” But maybe I misunderstood and can be done either way.
But what about Joe Manchin being there and voting for Judge Kavanuagh. Wouldn’t that provide the 51 Senators present to vote (if the wedding Senator stayed to vote before leaving). And then also Vice-President Pence on hand for extra measure. Wouldn’t that be the right way to go about things?
Great name for a delusional beech.
What is it gonna take for Alaskans to put this excuse for a senator on a chunk of ice and push her off into eternity?
These libtards just LOVE MURDERING UNBORN CHILDREN!!
As soon as Kavanaugh is confirmed democrats will drop Dizzy Chrissy like a rabid wolverine.
By election day you won't be able to find a democrat who will admit to remembering who she is.
VP doesn’t count towards a quorum: Constitution requirs “a majority” of *Senators*.
Manchin... yeah, but would the Dems make it ‘worth his while’? I don’t know. They’ve done crazier things to stop Kav.
Mitch wants to avoid any mess and ensure there is a quorum.
” ensure there is a quorum”
More accurate to say “ensure there is a valid vot” that Dems cannot contest in court.
Maybe none of this happens- but Mitch’s job is to make it inpossible.
Yes, I knew VP doesn’t count towards a quorum. Just there in case of a tie.
I thought it required 51 Senators. But from what you’re saying, just a majority of Senators actually present?
You’re probably right.
No A quorum requires a majority of all Senators.
“Pairing” votes counts both voters towards a quorum.
When less than a quorum votes, but the addition of names of Senators present and paired and announcing votes made a quorum, the vote is valid. Riddicks Senate Procedure, p. 1431.
That’s the Senate rule. So there will be a valid vote. No matter what.
I must be a little thick.
So with wedding Senator gone, the vote is valid because it’s paired. But with wedding Senator there (and with Joe Manchin’s vote), the vote would not be valid. Is that correct?
“(and with Joe Manchins vote), “
Joe is not one of Mitch’s “people”. Mitch cannot count on a Democrat- or Mitch wouldn’t be doing his job.
(And NO ONE should ever think themselve ‘thick’ for being perplexed by Senate procedure, rules, or their consequences!)
Although Murkowski has won three full terms to the Senate, she has never won a majority of the vote; she won pluralities in each of her three races, with 48.6% of the vote in 2004, 39.5% in 2010, and 44.4% in 2016.
Effectively a vote against K.
It appears this will be Juan McLame's replacement in the senate.
We are blessed that Flake is leaving and Arizona now has two chances to screw up some more.
Waffling a little because she knows that most Alaskans hate what was done to Kavanaugh and i bet Collins’ speech had something to do with it - a lot more than it being a “courtesy” to Danes....she hasn’t any concept of being courteous.
Feinstein needs to be in prison.
It doesn't matter what the rules allow. There need to be 51 Senators voting for Kavanaugh, otherwise the Dems will declare Kavanaugh's appointment illegitimate. What matters is public perception, not the rule book.
Again, you make fantasy, silly conclusions from what a dingbat does.
I’m not a dingbat.
I’m a life-long conservative, well educated and informed. And I VOTE accordingly.
Ban all dingbats from voting. Ban leftist male dingbats from voting right along with the female dingbats.
But until that happens - which it never will because all of this is fantasy behind a keyboard - then I say how utterly vapid and silly of you...
Either way, if they literally dragged in a man or a woman, it would be used as a smear.
Either its the evil white men abusing a woman, or the evil white men ganging up to stick it to women.
She needs to do the right thing and vote FOR Kavanaugh.
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