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brooklynite

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5. When the Senate came in on Jan 3, Republicans were still the Majority Party....

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Feb 3, 2021, 08:56 AM

Feb 2021

...they passed an organizing resolution, which assigned Committee Chairs, with 51 votes (Perdue's term had ended, but Loeffler remained in office until the Election was certified). CHANGING the resolution in the middle of the Senate term requires 67 votes, so an agreement between Schumer and McConnell is necessary.

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Graham still controlling Judiciary? Explain like I'm 5, how? [View all] irisblue Feb 2021 OP

. irisblue Feb 2021 #1

Not to mention dealing with the Florida killing of agents. dawg day Feb 2021 #22

They haven't voted on the organizing resolution yet Loki Liesmith Feb 2021 #2

They voted on it yesterday; Dems are now in control of all Committees eom DonViejo Feb 2021 #6

Link? servermsh Feb 2021 #8

Either Joy Reid or Rachel Maddow announced it last night. eom DonViejo Feb 2021 #10

that's what I thought I heard Rachael Maddow say last night msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #14

I watched Rachel last night, don't recall her saying anything- just memorial at Capitol. Not Fiendish Thingy Feb 2021 #23

Yeah, it was an unexpected aside, I feel like it was sort of close to the end of the hour. msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #24

There has been no vote on OR to put dems head of committees uponit7771 Feb 2021 #16

According to you. Who should we believe, Rachel Maddow or you? eom DonViejo Feb 2021 #17

Neither of them announced an OR vote ...HAPPENED.. that would put dems heads of committees. uponit7771 Feb 2021 #18

Interesting. Two DU'ers say they heard it from Rachel. For now, that's fine with me DonViejo Feb 2021 #19

I heard them say the senate ... WILL ... have a vote and the next thing I thought was yeah in summer uponit7771 Feb 2021 #21

Because we all know kGOP will filibuster the OR and dems don't have the votes to set a rule against uponit7771 Feb 2021 #15

Supposedly There Will Be A Vote Within Next 2 Days To Overturn This Me. Feb 2021 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author arlyellowdog Feb 2021 #4

When the Senate came in on Jan 3, Republicans were still the Majority Party.... brooklynite Feb 2021 #5

Also, Democrats could use the nuclear option on organizing resolutions servermsh Feb 2021 #9

OR is a rule that can be changed by a vote that will be filibustered by kGOP and ... uponit7771 Feb 2021 #20

Glenn Kirschner had something to say about this. ariadne0614 Feb 2021 #7

Somebody on the Democratic side needs to find out... 3catwoman3 Feb 2021 #11

Biden has Georgia on Graham. Maybe that could be a "trade-off" nt theneworiginal Feb 2021 #25

Because democrats wont stick together to abolish filibuster for this OR procedure. That's why, all uponit7771 Feb 2021 #12

inages of Graham during Judiciary Cmttee last 4 years irisblue Feb 2021 #13