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29 Nov,
8 tweets, 3 min read
HEADS UP!
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According to Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution, the Vice President is also the President of the Senate. The Majority Leader is not a position that exists anywhere in the Constitution.
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According to Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution, the Vice President is also the President of the Senate. The Majority Leader is not a position that exists anywhere in the Constitution.
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The reason that the Majority Leader has near-dictatorial powers to control floor votes is because of a tradition that dates back to 1937. The tradition is that the Vice President gives the floor leaders priority recognition. Most notably, this is not a rule in the Senate.
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Read the below article on the actual written rules and why the Majority Leader is so powerful today.
Unlike the House of Representatives, a most of the Senate rules are tradition - and McConnell will gladly tell you tradition is not written rule.
legbranch.org/2018-8-1-what-β¦
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Unlike the House of Representatives, a most of the Senate rules are tradition - and McConnell will gladly tell you tradition is not written rule.
legbranch.org/2018-8-1-what-β¦
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As President of the Senate, Vice President Harris could give any senator priority recognition. That senator could then decide on all legislation that is brought before the entire Senate.
This would change everything.
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As President of the Senate, Vice President Harris could give any senator priority recognition. That senator could then decide on all legislation that is brought before the entire Senate.
This would change everything.
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Without McConnell to hide behind, the moderate Republican Senators would be forced to vote down every Cabinet member, bill, resolution, and more. Without McConnell, anything even remotely popular with at least two senators would pass - even getting a cabinet assembled.
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Also, This wouldnβt be the first time something like this has happened - and yes, while thereβs the possibility of rule changes, they cannot change the Constitution. At the end of the day, Madame Vice President Harris is President of the Senate. Period. Not Mitch McConnell.
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This article was ORIGINALLY retweeted by @joncoopertweets and can be found here:
newsflector.com/how-vp-harris-β¦
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@joncoopertweets (just so nobody thinks I'm bs'ing about where I found this):
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1333049755367305222
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