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62. The house alone cannot block certification of EC votes

Reply to liberalgunwilltravel (Reply #58)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 05:22 PM

Jun 2021

There has to be a simple majority in the house and senate, that will never happen.

https://verdict.justia.com/2020/09/30/no-republicans-cannot-throw-the-presidential-election-into-the-house-so-that-trump-wins

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How long are we going to let these two play for the other team and block Biden and our agenda? [View all] usaf-vet Jun 2021 OP

I can't help but think GQP paid them off. no_hypocrisy Jun 2021 #1

Or McTurtle is blackmailing them. zuul Jun 2021 #20

We need to Start applying Kompromat: first against the Turtle, then against the moles. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #43

I don't understand why that isn't already being done. FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #51

THIS. LowerManhattanite Jun 2021 #28

Well, we can run them off and reinstate MAJORITY Leader McConnell. Hoyt Jun 2021 #2

I don't understand why people don't understand that. nt pnwmom Jun 2021 #55

As long as Coach Schumer wants. Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #3

Didn't the coach say, "Failure is not an option?" Magoo48 Jun 2021 #52

I suspect it's mostly theater... Blanks Jun 2021 #4

Manchin It's going to be who he is. I don't understand Sinema at all, what is her angle? Walleye Jun 2021 #5

Remove them from their committees. Kota Jun 2021 #6

That would be extremely foolish. We need both of them for a majority. Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #42

What would you like to do to them? wryter2000 Jun 2021 #7

BIDEN'S AGENDA. Elections have consequences. usaf-vet Jun 2021 #12

What are your proposals to get rid of them? How? panader0 Jun 2021 #16

See# 15 below. usaf-vet Jun 2021 #17

Well, who else COULD you have voted for? oldsoftie Jun 2021 #54

++++ msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #32

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It's only fair, in my view. msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #45

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And what is your solution? Without them there is no Senate majority and we will get Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #44

How do you know someone isn't asking them that? wryter2000 Jun 2021 #50

And Manchin was voted in by the state with the 2nd highest support for Trump in the country. pnwmom Jun 2021 #56

If HR1 isn't passed these two will be looking for new jobs soon. CrispyQ Jun 2021 #8

Really? I thought they were elected officials somehow. MineralMan Jun 2021 #11

They are elected officials in a system that is being attacked by republicans. CrispyQ Jun 2021 #14

Senators are elected in their own states. MineralMan Jun 2021 #18

"The bottom line is that the people in those states will vote as they vote." CrispyQ Jun 2021 #24

In what state do you live? MineralMan Jun 2021 #33

That's the only way forward moose65 Jun 2021 #31

agree...We have to play and win the long game. The time to start is now. PortTack Jun 2021 #35

Elected or gerrymandered? I don't know either of their political histories. usaf-vet Jun 2021 #25

Elected moose65 Jun 2021 #29

Most of the people who are waving their arms around MineralMan Jun 2021 #34

In reality, it doesn't matter at the moment. MineralMan Jun 2021 #30

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Jun 2021 #36

Their terms run until the 2024 elections. moose65 Jun 2021 #63

Wow. I really didn't make my point, did I? CrispyQ Jun 2021 #68

Until we have 50 votes + Kamala Harris without them. House of Roberts Jun 2021 #9

Hmmm... moondust Jun 2021 #37

How do you suggest we do that? MineralMan Jun 2021 #10

The last time I look I was not a elected member of Congress nor do I have a direct line to..... usaf-vet Jun 2021 #15

You can't have it both ways StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #19

Turn your frustration into determination to solve this MineralMan Jun 2021 #22

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Back in the day, the FBI would be ordered to dig up dirt on either them or relatives for blackmail MichMan Jun 2021 #13

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Disgusting. dalton99a Jun 2021 #21

I. Hate. DINOs. Period NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #26

DITTO! usaf-vet Jun 2021 #27

That is where you and I disagree. With out moderate Democrats...given political realities we Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #48

IF they'd get out of the way, FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #57

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but they are not moderate Dems. They are DINO!!! NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #61

You might need to pick different terms. Enabling extremist, obstructionist... JHB Jun 2021 #64

THIS NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #65

They are Dems Johnny2X2X Jun 2021 #38

Oh, Gosh! I Didn't Think about That! MineralMan Jun 2021 #41

As long as the states that elected them treestar Jun 2021 #49

god I hate them. TomDaisy Jun 2021 #53

MineralMan is being rational liberalgunwilltravel Jun 2021 #58

The house alone cannot block certification of EC votes PortTack Jun 2021 #62

K&R for the comic. GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #66

"WE"??? There is nothing YOU or ANYONE here can do about it. 🤔 nt Raine Jun 2021 #67