Posted on 04/12/2021 8:06:26 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Democrats' narrow edge is poised to get even narrower this week when Congress returns from a two-week recess with big ambitions to bolster infrastructure spending, expand the safety net and confirm more of President Joe Biden's nominees.
Last week, Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida died at 84. This week, Republican Rep.-elect Julia Letlow of Louisiana is expected to be sworn in, cutting Democrats' edge to 218-212. That means Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., could afford to lose no more than two Democratic votes to pass a bill without Republican support.
The 50-50 split in the Senate is already as slim as it gets, testing Democrats' resolve to stick together against unified Republican opposition to most of Biden's agenda, including the sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure package he rolled out March 31.
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Gosh, Democrats have to negotiate. That’s gotta be galling.
The only insurance policy Biden has, because when they remove him there will be no tie breaking VP.
Well, if Biden were no longer there, VP Kamala would become president and then nominate a replacement VP. The replacement VP would be a Democrat.
Hmm, how does that work? I know some Presidents never nominated one when a vacancy situation occurred..
Well, if Biden were no longer there, VP Kamala would become president and then nominate a replacement VP. The replacement VP would be a Democrat.
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Yup. It’s not like there is a shortage of corrupt Democrats to fill the slots.
Doesn't the nominee have to be confirmed? I'd wonder how that would work with a 50-50 Senate in theory, but in practice I know Romney and Collins would bend in a heartbeat, although leaving the office vacant would prevent the VP tiebreaker.
See Ford Administration....Nelson Rockefeller was VP after Ford was made Prez.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Gerald_Ford#Accession
Her VP will be Cory Booker
Mark my words
He fits all the left’s qualifications
Black
Gay
Extreme Leftist
Elite
Useful Idiot
Her VP will be Cory Booker
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Kind of scary when a total nut job like Cory is actually more conservative than Heels.
That’s only 430. What about the other 5?
I heard someone say the other day there are vacant seats but I don’t know why they are vacant.
Do you know?
...and a dull normal IQ.
If the GOP sticks together, there will be no VP confirmed, the senate will be split 50/50 and no more crazy democrat legislation passed. But of course, the feckless Republicans would not do this.
If Booker from NJ was made VP, Murphy would appoint the new senator from NJ. You don’t want Murphy appointing anyone.
That is a very good possibility.
I am thinking Jill Biden as it matches their frequently used strategy of promoting family members when they don’t want anyone voting.
No, I am not saying I want him to be VP, it is my prediction that is who they would pick.
He checks all the boxes
...and a dull normal IQ.
I did say “useful idiot”
I agree with you 100%.
Dims,and the RINOs that love them, are mostly interested in looting tax payers than actually doing anything worth while.
It is only since the 25th amendment was passed that a replacement VP is nominated. A replacement VP was not an option in the past, such as when Johnson became president after the JFK assassination. The law to fill the VP vacancy didn’t yet exist when LBJ became president.
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