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Nevilledog

(51,005 posts) Sat Feb 13, 2021, 01:23 PM Feb 2021

GOP only gets to call the witnesses the Democrats allow...

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Josh Marshall
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Democrats shld try to come to a bipartisan agreement about what witnesses to call. But all this stuff about GOP insisting on 100 witnesses. Well, Democrats are the majority. GOP only gets to call the witnesses the Democrats allow them too. Georgia elections have consequences.
10:20 AM · Feb 13, 2021

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GOP only gets to call the witnesses the Democrats allow... (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP

Time to play hardball soothsayer Feb 2021 #1

Headline is actually not correct SCantiGOP Feb 2021 #2

Not quite the same thing. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #3

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

1. Time to play hardball

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 01:24 PM

Feb 2021

SCantiGOP

(13,862 posts)

2. Headline is actually not correct

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 01:31 PM

Feb 2021

VP Harris is not involved and can't vote in this proceeding, so it is actually the majority that decides what witnesses to call. So, the Dems need all 50 plus one Repub to call witnesses.
Since 5 R's voted to call witnesses, that should not be a problem.

TwilightZone

(25,426 posts)

3. Not quite the same thing.

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 01:38 PM

Feb 2021

Republicans would presumably vote affirmatively to call their own witnesses and would need some Democrats to agree for them to be called. So, the headline is accurate in context. They can only call witnesses with help from some Dems.

The reverse, as you noted, is slightly more complicated. Assuming all 50 Ds, we'd need 1 R.

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