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StarfishSaver

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11. See my post below

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 07:57 AM

Dec 2020

He didn't try it because it wasn't an actual option

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I think... Mike Nelson Dec 2020 #1

Thom Hartmann has been talking about this for a week or so luv2fly Dec 2020 #4

It's not a matter of being too nice onenote Dec 2020 #7

It still amazes me StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #12

yep. tom hartman has a varied resume, but it doesn't include having worked on Capitol Hill onenote Dec 2020 #16

I understand this, BUT... Trueblue Texan Dec 2020 #17

I didn't say it wasn't tried because it was destructive to the republuc StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #19

It's not a question of not having been tried. It's something that won't work. onenote Dec 2020 #20

Right... Roy Rolling Dec 2020 #28

It won't work because of the Senate's rules, which the Constitution empowers the Senate to make. onenote Dec 2020 #30

And, the Senate Rules package gets past while Pence is still VP bottomofthehill Dec 2020 #34

It's a variation on some of the whacky impeachment theories FBaggins Dec 2020 #27

+1 onenote Dec 2020 #32

I don't understand why people keep posting this nonsense, dware Dec 2020 #37

Not only is it dumb, it would dangerous. We will have another Republican president - and VP. Nitram Dec 2020 #36

Could this have been done to short-circuit McConnell's refusal to vote on... NurseJackie Dec 2020 #2

Excellent question Escurumbele Dec 2020 #6

No onenote Dec 2020 #8

Obama was careful to respect norms. rainin Dec 2020 #9

Biden was a senator for 36 years and President of the Senate for eight. onenote Dec 2020 #21

See my post below StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #11

Power grab usually has negative connotations... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #5

This sounds good, but won't work StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #10

I figured. The whole scheme sounds like unrealistic pie-in-the-sky. NurseJackie Dec 2020 #14

"authority to preside over the Senate, but she must preside according to Senate rules" bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #25

The Constitution expressly gives the power to make its rules to the Senate. onenote Dec 2020 #29

It's in the Constitution BasicallyComplicated Dec 2020 #13

The Vice President presides over the Senate -- he or she doesn't make the Senate rules. onenote Dec 2020 #18

Agreed however , BasicallyComplicated Dec 2020 #40

Untrue - The presiding officer has no constitutional powers FBaggins Dec 2020 #15

Kamala should take the gavel and call the Senate AND NOT.... MRDAWG Dec 2020 #22

This is fantasy, and not how the Senate works Tarc Dec 2020 #23

She doesn't get to make the rules. onenote Dec 2020 #24

I was interested in this idea the last few weeks but if Hartmann says it it's usually BS. nt FreepFryer Dec 2020 #26

I believe I have seen this same suggestion 2, maybe 3 times on this site. usaf-vet Dec 2020 #31

I was hoping she could just take him out like Rand Paul's neighbor....Is that wrong?? Evolve Dammit Dec 2020 #33

McConnell is too incompetent to run the Senate. world wide wally Dec 2020 #35

McConnell is many things, but incompetent isn't one of them StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #38

If Moscow Mitch is so incompetent, dware Dec 2020 #39

Did I say incompetent? world wide wally Dec 2020 #41

There ya go. dware Dec 2020 #42

I don't like Trump's nominees, but they weren't unqualified. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2020 #43

Unqualified as in they lied or omitted certain facts. nt dware Dec 2020 #44