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McConnell: Warren’s blistering Sessions speech broke Senate rules
The Hill ^
| 02/07/17
| Jordain Carney
Posted on 02/07/2017 6:09:42 PM PST by rdl6989
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) of breaking the Senates rules with a blistering floor speech against Sen. Jeff Sessionss attorney general nomination.
The Senates top Republican interrupted Warrens speech to argue that she was violating the upper chambers rules, despite an initial warning by GOP Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who was presiding over the Senate.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; elizabethwarren; mcconnell; sessions
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To: ripley
...but they have no problem instituting harsh rules on the masses once they are in power.
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:30:23 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: RummyChick
The GOP Senators rotate being the chair, and the clerks always feed them their lines—LOL!
The clerks know how to conduct business!
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:31:52 PM PST
by
exit82
To: napscoordinator
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:33:12 PM PST
by
ptsal
Comment #44 Removed by Moderator
To: Pilgrim's Progress
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:33:42 PM PST
by
kallisti
(Both soliloquized alternately and imagined they were conversing)
To: exit82
Voted Down!
Squaw shut down 50-43
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:34:02 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Trumpisourlastchance
“McConnell needs to bring to the floor a bill to strip the lower federal courts of any jurisdiction over matters pertaining to foreign aliens trying to enter our nation.”
Just restate Article III, Section 2.
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:34:24 PM PST
by
castlebrew
(Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
To: rdl6989
Decision Desk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ 20m 20 minutes ago Senator Warren was found in violation of Rule 19, now Sen. Harris has brought to floor vote to allow Warren to resume speaking https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/829151287761473536
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:34:53 PM PST
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:34:57 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: rdl6989
Paleface Lizzy Warren stole money meant for Indians.
She’s just a dirty thief.
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:36:00 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: kallisti
>>>Not strongly enough<<<
I agree. Too bad they can’t still beat senators with a wooden cane.
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:36:17 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: rdl6989
8. Former Presidents of the United States shall be entitled to address the Senate upon appropriate notice to the Presiding Officer who shall thereupon make the necessary arrangements.
Uh, oh.
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:36:26 PM PST
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:36:38 PM PST
by
TermLimitsforAll
(Term Limits and Walls, that's a start)
To: rdl6989
To: rdl6989
Decision Desk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ 8m 8 minutes ago More On measure to allow Sen. Warren to speak during debate: Y 42 N 50. Warner, Feinstein, Cooper, Carper, Sanders absent, Leahy not yet voted.
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:37:18 PM PST
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: exit82
My post 44 is wrong, and I have asked the Admin Moderator to remove.
Lieawatha was shut down.
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:37:36 PM PST
by
exit82
To: GQuagmire
The old fool can barely put a sentence together
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:37:49 PM PST
by
digger48
To: TermLimitsforAll
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posted on
02/07/2017 6:38:10 PM PST
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: digger48
My baby done wrote me a letter
To: rdl6989
Warren was warned.
She wouldn't listen.
So warren was in violation of rule 19.
She asked the senate to reconsider, they voted nope.
Another senator asked for a vote for warren to speak.
They voted nope...
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