[knittnmom]

As has been explained on countless other threads, they don’t need a Democrat. They need 20 warm bodies to make a quorum. They have only 19 warm bodies without the cowardly, childish, craven Democrats.

[AU72]

That would assume the Republicans are clever and ruthless.

[KansasGirl]

They need 20 Senators total for a quorom. There are only 19 Republicans.

[ShadowAce]

Because the law does not say both Dems and Republicans must be present--it says they need at least 20 senators to form a quorum.

There are currently 19 Republican senators, and 14 Democrat senators.

[gorush]

That isn’t the issue. They need twenty seats filled for a quorum, it doesn’t matter which party is or isn’t represented.

[Wiser now]

They don’t have a quorum without at least twenty people, there are 19 Republicans. Party affiliation is irrelevant at this point.

[sbMKE]

This post should be locked - read the rules of the senate or any of the other threads first.

20 Senators are needed. There are 19 Republicans. The 20th Senator could be a Republican; the key is in the number. They don’t have enough members present.

[ROTB]

Actually, you only need 3/5 to raise taxes, or increase debt, according to another thread.

Repubs need to do this.