McConell: At 9:30am tomorrow morning, on the Senate floor

Leader McConnell on Twitter ^ | 12/18/19 | Leader McConnell

[conservative98]

At 9:30am tomorrow morning, on the Senate floor, I will speak about House Democrats’ precedent-breaking impeachment of the President of the United States.— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) December 19, 2019

[Cboldt]

-- And those rules have a provision for a dismissal. --

S.Res.16 - 106th Congress

Worth having on hand. Details matter. There is also a more general set of procedure in the senate manual. There is good stuff in there too, including the role of the presiding officer.

Senate Manual - 113th Congress (most recent available online)

The impeachment stuff starts on page 223. The news will lie to you about what the rules say.

[Cboldt]

-- What is the set number of days does she have or the impeachment becomes void? --

There is no statute of limitations and no procedural bar based on time. Clinton was impeached in the 105th Congress and tried in the 106 Congress. Time lapse was a few weeks on the calendar, Christmas recess, and about three days of session.

The House adjourned sine die the same day it impeached Clinton. Managers were sent to the senate the second day of the next Congress.

Standing house rules contain nothing on impeachment. senate rules on impeachment start with reception of the impeachment managers.

[Cboldt]

-- I am assuming the President and Republicans had already thought about this and will be initiating their plan tomorrow morning --

Whatever the "plan" is, at this point is is just fodder for news and the court of public opinion. Trump can certainly mount a defense outside of Congress and the senate. His lawyers are working on a written answer to the impeachment in the event that the House sends managers to the senate.

The House is really a joke. Everything it is doing is "out of order." It's playing catch-up with the dysfunctional Senate.

[Cboldt]

-- ... can the Senate send this to the supreme court to decide if the dems had any case for impeachment? --

Once it receives the managers and articles, it doesn't need SCOTUS to find the charges are not an impeachable offesne "as a matter of law" (scare quotes becuse the senate is not deciding a law matter, but an impeachment matter). This precedent would stand until a future Senate reverses it. It would stand both as a valid procedural method, and a valid substantive method.

Totally up to the Senate. It has the sole power in this regard.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Thanks
They are playing the victim. Looking for sympathy as the DOJ is looking into some of them criminally

[mewzilla]

Turtle or Gamera.

We’ll know at 9:30.

[Fireone]

Nancy is, in effect, trying to dictate how the Senate proceeds.
McConnell will show her who’s in charge, he has no choice.

[Skooz]

I share everyone’s often frustration with McConnell, but know this: When he gets his gander up, the Turtle is the baddest mofo in Washington.

The House Dems may have woken him up and that’s bad news for Trump’s enemies.

[trebb]

Yep - during the Kavanaugh hearings, i decided to stop calling Lindsey “linda” and to stop disparaging Mitch until such time as they re-earned my scorn....they still haven’t stepped over that line so i just try to appreciate their better moments...I think Mitch will handle this in a way to bitch-slap Nancy and the rest.

[jazminerose]

The thing about Turtle is that when he’s playing on your team, he is a great asset. The guy is as cunning and crafty as they come. I doubt that anyone knows the inner workings of DC, including K Street better.

While dems have been obsessed with exploding cigars, Turtle has quietly shoved conservative judges through. Look at the 9th today.

He is well aware that his future is intimately bound with President Trump’s. He’s also a powerhouse in DC. If he wants President Trump absolved of make believe non charges, so it shall be. Bank on it.

[a little elbow grease]

The decibel level of the whining on some of these threads is getting painful. I think I need to put some Brahms on the CD player.

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LOL .....good post. Here is one of my favorites for your needs ………

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW6orNfwTeA

CHOPIN - Etude Op. 10, No. 3 in E major Tristesse - Piano Classical Music HD

..... beautiful!

[a little elbow grease]

"Mitch needs to put an expiration date on those articles of impeachment. like 10 days."

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Articles Expired .........

[Sirius Lee]

All fun and games until you get to the augmented 4ths in both hand crawling chromatically in opposite direction. ( the jumping chromatic 6ths that follow are easier to manage)

[bert]

Bigot..... You just can’t let go can you?

[bert]

Bigot......

You just can’t let go of your dogmatic notions can you?

[bert]

Bigot.....

You just can’t let go of your dogmatic notions can you

[bert]

Listen instead of spouting hot air

[bert]

Fortunately you have no say in the matter. It is left to good people who are adults

[Tea Party Terrorist]

McConnel has been a good ally of Trump. He had to set Trump in his place at first, but they have gotten on well since then.

[JPJones]

“Bigot..... You just can’t let go can you?”

I know you are, but what am I?