McConnell made clear that tomorrow he'll seek consent to adjourn for ~2 weeks. Before a bunch of Rs got Covid a big benefit to keeping the floor open was the ability to force Rs off the trail & onto the floor. But that’s dangerous when we don’t know how many of them are infected.
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By adjourning to pro formas Dems lock in that there'll be no floor vote on ACB for the next 2 weeks. It deprives them of tactics like forcing live quorums but also increases the chances they don’t get covid. With a real covid outbreak among Senate Rs, the pros outweigh the cons.
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On quorums: To vote or conduct any business in the Senate you need a quorum of 51 senators physically present on the floor. It appears Dems can deny a quorum right now, but the real question is whether they can do so when Republicans are ready to vote on Barrett. That’s TBD.
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In the meantime: Judiciary Committee rules state that 2 members of the minority must be present for the committee to vote. Whether or not Dems participate in the hearings, they should deny Judiciary a quorum to vote on ACB's nomination. They have the power to do this and should.pic.twitter.com/Um8D31WAZO
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It’s my understanding Graham has in the past already ignored the two members of the minority quorum rule?
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