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McConnell: Strange to stay in Senate until end of current session
The Hill ^ | December 12,2017 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 12/12/2017 1:20:08 PM PST by Hojczyk

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled on Tuesday that the winner of the Alabama Senate special election will not be sworn in before the Senate wraps up its work for the year.

"Sen. Strange is going to be here through the end of this session," McConnell told reporters, referring to Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), when asked about the Senate race's impact on the timeline for tax reform.

Senators want to wrap up their work for the year next week, which would mean McConnell would be able to depend on Strange's vote on tax reform and funding the government.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: alabama; douchejones; dougjones; kentucky; lutherstrange; mitchmcconnell; roymoore
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To: napscoordinator
Scott Brown will be sworn in as Massachusetts senator Thursday

-PJ

41 posted on 12/12/2017 3:35:48 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: napscoordinator

“A few years after 9/11”

The senate seated an America-hating ILLEGAL ALIEN named Barack Hussein Osama a few years after 9/11. Contrast that with McTurtle’s threats to not seat Moore.
What part of that factual statement do you not understand?


42 posted on 12/12/2017 3:37:22 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

What the hell? I explained the process of Obama getting elected. He was NOT sworn in right after the election. He was sworn in with the rest of the Senators in January 2005. What is so hard to understand?????????


43 posted on 12/12/2017 3:38:51 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Electric Graffiti; napscoordinator

Oh, that’s right...you went to bat for Obola during the debates on his eligibility. Never mind.


44 posted on 12/12/2017 3:41:49 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: napscoordinator

What kind of medication are you on?


45 posted on 12/12/2017 3:42:29 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

I should ask you the same thing. You are either ignorant or dumb. You are so clueless on how the Senate works that it makes me pity you. I don’t want to jump all over you because I fear your IQ is low. So I will give you a pass because you are clearly dumb. Have a good day.


46 posted on 12/12/2017 3:44:49 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: napscoordinator

Take a hike, goron.


47 posted on 12/12/2017 3:46:06 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: cableguymn

They fear Moore more than the rat.


No, they fear the GOP base more than the rat.


48 posted on 12/12/2017 3:47:51 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Hojczyk

My ever hopeful mind played a trick on me when I glanced at the title! I thought it was a quote from turtle stating how strange it is for him to be in the senate! Lol


49 posted on 12/12/2017 3:58:00 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: ifinnegan

He runs the Senate. He controls what is done when


50 posted on 12/12/2017 4:01:46 PM PST by Thibodeaux (2018 is looking good)
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To: napscoordinator

“I think that is normal.”

After looking at the State certification process, I would agree that some time will necessarily elapse, particularly since the seat is occupied by Strange. I was just wondering out loud where Bitch would get the authority to say what he did.


51 posted on 12/12/2017 4:08:18 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Thibodeaux
He runs the Senate. He controls what is done when
Amendment 17 - Senators Elected by Popular Vote. Ratified 4/8/1913.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

I don’t see where the preference of the majority leader of the Senate, or the whole Senate itself unanimously, has any say after Alabama declares a winner in today’s election. It appears that the end of the election is the beginning of the senator’s term.

Clearly if the Democrat were to prevail, trying to count a vote by Senator Strange after the election result were known would create a cause célèbre.


52 posted on 12/12/2017 4:27:57 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Is this a sign that the fix is in for Jones?


53 posted on 12/12/2017 4:38:35 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
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To: Thibodeaux

“He runs the Senate. He controls what is done when”

Cite?


54 posted on 12/12/2017 4:45:36 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ez
Is this a sign that the fix is in for Jones?
The results - per FNC - are in for Jones. My point stands - Jones will get his election certified, and he will be the junior senator from Alabama at that moment. And Mr. Strange will be ex-Senator Strange.

You know the Democrats will have it no other way.


55 posted on 12/12/2017 7:32:13 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: Hojczyk

Aaaaand - it now looks like Trump’s instincts were right when he backed Strange....


56 posted on 12/13/2017 2:34:08 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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