The Constitution is the #SupremeLaw of the United States, right?
Federal statutes that contradict the Constitution are #VOID, right?
Federal statutes that contradict the Constitution are #VOID, right?
So, when a Senator complains that she can't vote on a rescue bill because the Budget Reconciliation Act essentially requires support by 3/5ths of Senators, she/he is playing you for a fool.
The only thing that stops @SenateGOP from voting on the #GOP rescue #phase3 plan is the phantasm known as the Byrd rule, embodied in the Budget Reconciliation Act.
But, guess what:
A statute that contravenes the Constitution is VOID.
But, guess what:
A statute that contravenes the Constitution is VOID.
The Byrd Rule contravenes the power of the Senate to make its own rules for its proceedings. That power was granted to the Senate (a like power was granted to the House for its rules) by the States when they donated their powers to the federal government in the Constitution.
The Byrd Rule is unconstitutional.
@SenateGOP blow the doors off their obstruction; assert the authority reposed in you to make your rules.
#Nuke the #ByrdRule.
@SenateGOP blow the doors off their obstruction; assert the authority reposed in you to make your rules.
#Nuke the #ByrdRule.
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