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What are the debate rules? 2 hours is not much time if every member gets to speak


2 posted on 12/30/2020 11:10:55 AM PST by joshua c (President Elect joshua_c. Hey if Joe can do it.)
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What are the debate rules? 2 hours is not much time if every member gets to speak

I think it's a maximum of two hours, and Pelosi and McConnell can limit it. They can also forbid anyone from outside from speaking as well.

13 posted on 12/30/2020 11:24:28 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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-- What are the debate rules? --

The so-called rules are in 3 US Code, Chapter 1. It is instructions from Congress, to Congress. Congress can and does change the rules on a whim, and also misinterprets or stick to them "tight" with no exception, depending on the predetermined outcome.

A clear majority, likely the vast majority of Congress is corrupt. It is a harmful institution. It has been working in cahoots with the courts to subvert the constitution six ways to Sunday.

18 posted on 12/30/2020 12:01:24 PM PST by Cboldt
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“What are the debate rules? 2 hours is not much time if every member gets to speak”

Each House, when not in joint session, operates under its own rules, under control of its own leadership. When in joint session, they operate under the Senate rules, but, with the Vice President, not the majority leader, controlling the process. That is NOT, as some would prefer to have it, the VP acting in a purely ceremonial role, as the Constitution defines him as the SOLE ACTOR granted the PLENARY POWER, under Article TWO, to PRESIDE over the function. The VP, then, acts as the Executive Branch exercising UNIQUE power in controlling the Legislative Branch, as a co-equal, with and under his direct authority.

It is one of a few VERY narrow exceptions to the Founders broad insistence that Legislatures would not be governed by Executives...

Otherwise, yours might be asking the wrong question ?

A better one might be...

How many separate objections might be raised, each one, a separate issue, and each one requiring a division of the Houses to seek to resolve the controversy raised, IN SEQUENCE... before the next objection is addressed ?


25 posted on 12/30/2020 3:32:35 PM PST by Sense
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