Every Senator voting for such would be marked as a traitor and a domestic enemy. They would think very carefully before going donw that road.
That’s not what the Constitution says. The Constitution says “two thirds of *those present*.” Not two thirds of the entire body - two thirds of those who are actually present.
A quorum of the Senate (the minimum needed to conduct any business) is 51 people present. The Democrats have 54 now.
Assuming that there are 51 Democrats present and no Republicans, which is easily done through clever scheduling and other tricks that the Republicans can’t/won’t challenge, it then only takes 34 yes votes to get a treaty through.
They have pulled similar tricks before on legislation important to them where they don’t care about bipartisanship and they needed 2/3rds of those present.
NOW do you see how screwed we are?
I think you are being unnecessarily alarmist.
Yeah, they could try that. But they won't. The Senate and the House both follow published schedules of business.
Every Senator voting for such would be marked as a traitor and a domestic enemy. They would think very carefully before going donw that road.
A quorum of the Senate (the minimum needed to conduct any business) is 51 people present. The Democrats have 54 now.
Assuming that there are 51 Democrats present and no Republicans, which is easily done through clever scheduling and other tricks that the Republicans can’t/won’t challenge, it then only takes 34 yes votes to get a treaty through.
They have pulled similar tricks before on legislation important to them where they don’t care about bipartisanship and they needed 2/3rds of those present.The first AWB was passed right before a Christmas recess at midnight with 5 members present. A quorum is assumed unless someone objects. You can thank Bob Dole for that one if I remember correctly.