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Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« on: February 03, 2017, 12:26:03 am »
Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
By Alexander Bolton - 02/02/17 06:27 PM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has scheduled a vote at 6:30 a.m. Friday, an unusually early time, to advance Betsy DeVos’s nomination to serve as secretary of Education.

Senate Republicans say they are getting fed up with Democratic obstruction and the extra early vote will allow them to get a head start in running time off the procedural clock.

McConnell is confident he will have the 51 votes he needs Friday to end debate on DeVos.

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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2017, 12:43:48 am »
McConnell must have the votes
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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2017, 12:54:08 am »
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they only need a majority of votes cast, and not a majority of the Senate?  In other words, could DeVos pass on a 49-48 vote?
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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2017, 01:18:40 am »
Waiting to hear media cries of UNPRECEDENTED ABUSE OF POWER!!! for making lazy Democrats get up early and vote.

I expect none will show.
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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2017, 01:23:07 am »
This is outrageous! 6:30 AM!?!? This is against the Constitution.......the Constitution of these Senator. Hell, half of them will still be drunk from the night before.
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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2017, 01:36:36 am »
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has scheduled a vote at 6:30 a.m. Friday...

I'm beginning to wonder if he is reading stuff here.
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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2017, 01:43:06 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on February 03, 2017, 01:23:07 am
This is outrageous! 6:30 AM!?!? This is against the Constitution.......the Constitution of these Senator. Hell, half of them will still be drunk from the night before.

Lot of shuffling sunglass wearing asshats on parade in the morning. 
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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2017, 02:21:25 am »
Quote from: Bigun on February 03, 2017, 01:36:36 am
I'm beginning to wonder if he is reading stuff here.

Easy big fella - that's the road to Freeper Madness.
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Re: Senate schedules 6:30 am vote on DeVos
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2017, 02:27:30 am »
Quote from: don-o on February 03, 2017, 02:21:25 am
Easy big fella - that's the road to Freeper Madness.

Yeah!  That IS true isn't it!
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