Posted on 02/19/2009 10:33:56 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Burris won’t go voluntarily and I don’t see the Senate impeaching and removing him. He could be a festering sore until the 2010 elections.
Yeah, he voted on the Democrat Party apparatus stimulus package that loots middle America so now it’s safe to come out to oppose him.
I agree. Sow as much discord among these Rats as you can. How dare they try to remove the only Black Senator! Burris will not be easy to remove. I hope he fights this and refuses to step down. If it comes to a vote in the Senate they will need 2/3’s to remove him. I would advise all Republicans to vote, “present.” Let them remove the thorn in their side themselves.
They expect the Senate to punish a perjurer???
That theory has been debunked elsewhere. The Senate requirement for cloture is 60% of active members. There were 99 active members (since the contested Minnesota is still vacant), so that means 60 votes were needed. But if Burris had resigned or never been appointed, and the Illinois seat was also vacant, then 60% of 98 active members is 58.8.
In other words, with Burris in the Senate, his vote helped reach the 60 mark needed for cloture. Without Burris in the Senate the Democrats would have had one less vote but they'd only have needed 59 votes for cloture. So Burris' presence or absence as a member of the Senate was irrelevant to the passage of the Stimulus bill.
They really are. There must be more, a lot more, to the story for this 'resign' pile on, as to the only black Senator to boot. I think too that it will be Freepers waiting for Fitzmas this year (or probably next as fast as Fitz moves)...
Roland, Rod, Rahm, Barack. The Agitator General should put up a wall of separation between the smart criminals and the ones too stupid to know that they’ve done anything wrong. /sarcasm
Do you have evidence for that? Everything I’ve read says you need 60 members. I just did a google search for “senate cloture 60% of active members” and came up with this:
All the articles appear to call for 60 votes.
In the past, they have wheeled people in for the vote, and there was talk of bringing Teddy in from the hospital to vote.
Of course, all these people could be wrong, but I’d like to see the evidence.
Even so, 59 is not 60% of 99.
99% of the Dems make the other 1% looks bad.
What are we gonna do? Stick up for Burris? We should run him out, and then run out Ted Kennedy, and every other shyster on those grounds.
Dunno.
Possibly entertaining ping?
The deal with Burris is simple ~ if the Democrats in Illinois can find a more suitible person to be Senator that person will get a year and a half headstart on a re-election campaign.
But 59 is 60% of 98. Remember, the Minnesota Senate seat remains vacant while Coleman and Franken fight it out in court. So if Burris' Illinois Senate seat was also vacant, there would only be 98 active Senators, and only 59 votes would be needed to end a filibuster.
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