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totodeinhere

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4. You must not have a very good understanding about how the Senate works.

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 21, 2020, 02:07 PM

Nov 2020

If the Democrats get 50 votes in the Senate then Vice President Harris will have to be on call constantly to break tie votes. And Mitch will be minority leader. And due to the way the Senate is set up minorities have quite a bit of power and so do minority leaders. He will not be irrelevant, unfortunately.

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Fuck you Mitch McConnell you and your empty room and empty mind. [View all] Autumn Nov 2020 OP

Georgia are you listening? Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1

You must not have a very good understanding about how the Senate works. totodeinhere Nov 2020 #4

Then it will be up to the Democratic Majority Leader to rein Moscow Mitch in. FoxNewsSucks Nov 2020 #5

Lets win those two elections in Georgia first then we can talk about strategy. totodeinhere Nov 2020 #7

If minority leaders have a LOT of power then why haven't Democratic House members Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #11

This is a good article on the topic. totodeinhere Nov 2020 #17

So what happened here? From the article Autumn Nov 2020 #19

Kick dalton99a Nov 2020 #2

K&R smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #3

do it!! paul91046 Nov 2020 #6

It will be hard to make major changes like that in a 50-50 Senate. totodeinhere Nov 2020 #8

Agreed. The GOP do not play by rules. dreamland Nov 2020 #10

On Point! LittleGirl Nov 2020 #9

I absolutely love AOC. warmfeet Nov 2020 #12

Closed minds usually are empty Soxfan58 Nov 2020 #13

No flies on her! dchill Nov 2020 #14

I wonder how many of those going hungry are Trumpers cursing AOC. Pepsidog Nov 2020 #15

Wow. No wonder the right wing noise machine has a constant drumbeat of PatrickforO Nov 2020 #16

They sure do hate her, but those bastards can't shut her up no matter what trick they try Autumn Nov 2020 #18