Posted on 02/18/2021 2:23:29 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is in support of a proposed piece of legislation that would require his state's governor to pick a Republican successor for McConnell if he leaves office during his term.
Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican, is a sponsor of Senate Bill 228, which was introduced in the state senate last week. The bill proposes amending existing legislation that requires a sitting governor to appoint a replacement for a departing U.S. senator to remain in office until the next election cycle.
Under Senate Bill 228, the sitting governor would be required to pick a replacement for that departing U.S. senator from a list of three candidates provided by that senator's political party. The sitting governor would be required to pick an appointee within 21 days of receiving the list of names for consideration, the bill says.
McConnell, who has represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate since the mid-1980s as a member of the Republican Party, is supportive of the bill, according to reports by WFPL-FM and The Courier-Journal.
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At this point, what difference does it make?
What difference would it make?
He can’t influence the vote on judges any longer.
He has chosen not to help the America First wing of our
party.
Seriously, when he’s gone and a Democrat replaces him, what
difference would it make?
Maybe someone can come up with a good reason. I can’t
think of one.
“Under Senate Bill 228, the sitting governor would be required to pick a replacement for that departing U.S. senator from a list of three candidates provided by that senator’s political party.”
So it’d be a GOPe RINO hack.
Turtle planning to give Schumer 10 GOP cloture votes for Amnesty and then quitting the Senate early after Amnesty passes.
With any luck at all, that idiot turtle is planning a permanent move to CHina!
With any luck at all, that idiot turtle is planning a permanent move to CHina!
Honestly, I’m not sure who of this bunch I’d take as the Senate leader if I could to choose. I guess Hawley or Cruz. Instead, you’d get useless Thune, though it’s hard to get much worse than McConnell outside of the 7 traitors.
RINO turtle is 78, he lookin to cash out and go work for the ChiComs for one final payday.
RINO turtle is 78, he lookin to cash out and go work for the ChiComs for one final payday.
It’s a terrible law... don’t elect a Governor that you don’t want in that role.
I nominate Daniel Cameron.
Hawley, Cruz, or Paul.
Turtle is 78 and giving Schumer 10 cloture votes for Amnesty will be his final deed before retiring to spend his wife’s ChiCom bucks.
Some states do it that way. Democrats tend to ‘hold on’ until it’s too late. more than the GOP because they loved what they do and they’re selfish. Remember Strom Thurmond could have died with bad consequences.
Cannot think of a reason either.
Here is why the GOP and GOPe are DOA.
“list of three candidates provided by that senator’s political party”
Hold on, since when does the Party choose our elected officials?
This, GOPE UNiparty, is WHY your DOA. You Just stole the Voice of the voters from That State completely. !!!
We vote for whom We want in, NOt you !!!
Blessings
Indeed, what would be the difference?
But I’d not cry if he left early - especially due to an “unexpected” return to room temp.
Eat Obamastuff and die, McButthole.
Mitch is obviously telegraphing his intentions. He has no taste for being out of power, especially when a large portion of his caucus wishes he were gone.
I have no problem with that so long as he doesn’t pick the Republican.
“If he leaves office during his term”
Who might have put that Bee in his bonnet?
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