[Snowybear]

My math was off by half. I’ve been drinking so you’ll have to forgive me.

100-6 = 94.

Republicans have 53 seats and Democrats hold 45 with 2 independents.

Now we’d be at 53 (R) and 39 (D). The 2/3 rule is for a quorum of the seated Senators, not all the Senators in the Senate.

They can’t win. Even if no Senators are excluded because of bias. Exclusion makes it even worse for them.

-SB

[grey_whiskers]

We'd have to have 39 = 2/3 of the Senators present. Or 59 Senators Present. That would require 33 GOP Senators simply *sitting out*.

With President Trump at 95% approval in his own party, and the Presidential election now 10 months away...

Ain't gonna happen.

[greeneyes]

Now we’d be at 53 (R) and 39 (D). The 2/3 rule is for a quorum of the seated Senators, not all the Senators in the Senate.
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Just a slight quibble. The way you have written this, it sounds like you are saying it’s 2/3 of a quorum.

The 2/3 vote is for the senators present—that is more than a quorum in your example. 53+39=92.
So 2/3 of 92=61.33 So it takes 62 to convict. 31 no votes would block conviction.