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To: Swordmaker

Doesn’t that make it a 50 50 tie


12 posted on 01/30/2020 8:12:08 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Rules for Impeachment is 50/50 is a fail


30 posted on 01/30/2020 8:15:48 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

IIRC, Joe Manchin is expected to be a no for witnesses.


47 posted on 01/30/2020 8:19:28 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Doesn’t that make it a 50 50 tie

Under a 50/50 vote the Republicans’ position wins. . . so no witnesses.

163 posted on 01/30/2020 9:17:11 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Doesn’t that make it a 50 50 tie

Yes. To change the rules you need a majority. A tie is not a majority so the proposed change to the rule - adding witnesses - does not pass.

195 posted on 01/30/2020 10:16:27 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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