Posted on 01/29/2010 5:31:26 AM PST by loungeSerf
The Senate has voted on three pieces of legislation today that required 60 votes–to raise the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, to reduce the deficit by establishing five-year discretionary spending caps, and Ben Bernanke’s confirmation–all of which interim Senator Paul Kirk (D-MA) has voted on. In addition, there have been other Senate votes since Scott Brown was elected as Massachusetts senator that Kirk cast a vote.
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..the better question is why isn’t the GOP asking the question?
where the heck is GOP? Vacationing in Hawaii?
Had GOP done this, State Media and dems would be all over this 24/7.
..the better question is why isn’t the GOP asking the question?
Democrats only have to follow rules that the state-run media wants them to follow.
Been wondering the same thing.
S.O.P.?
Perhaps the State Pooh-Bah of elections has not yet certified the results.
The issue could be State Govt.
The Secretary of State is going strictly by the rules of Hoyle on this one. He is waiting the prescribed amount of time to certify the election. Then the Gov has to sign off on it. Then they need to “transmit” the documents to the Senate. Then the President of the Senate has to approve them. Then they have to make sure that Biden is in town for the swearing in ceremony.
THEN, they can swear in Brown.
Doesnt matter because he has already done his job well enough to get a second vote from me.
I figure Juan McCain is still reaching across the aisle and being collegial, my friend.
And Mitch McConnell is out looking for his spine, and his chin.
The very question I asked yesterday when I saw them passing stuff with 60/40 vote counts.
Doesn’t McConnell care?
we should send the article to Steele and ask him
Instead of yucking it up on Leno, Brown should have been demanding that he be seated so that he could 41 this debt limit rise.
I hope this doesn’t indicate the kind of Senator he’s going to be
The GOP is letting this slide because the entrenched Republicans in Congress want each of these things to pass, but don’t want to have to vote for them. So they let Kirk vote and do their dirty work for them.
If you ever needed proof that the Republicans in the Senate are a bunch of manipulative, two-faced cheaters with absolutely no committment to principle, now you have it.
Rule Of Law is for suckers.
That's my best guess too. This way, they don't have to draw straws to see which one of them will have to take the heat.
Uh, maybe it has to do with Senator Paul Kirk (D-MA) still being Senator from MA until Scott Brown is sworn in as Senator from MA on Feb. 11?
When is the guys term officially over? I don’t think MA has finalized the election results and sent the certification to the Senate. When is that to be done by state law in MA? Anyone know?
No.
Steele is far too busy sending people like me massive amounts of driect mail, paper junk mail that I throw away.
Yesterday I got a large “STOP OBAMA” poster.
D’oh, there are 3 years of Obama to go.
Doesn't matter, as I understand it, he was a non Senator on election day, under Massachusetts law. They just wouldn't have a senator until Brown was seated.
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