Fun fact: Kamala Harris gets to make the ruling if she wants to do so.
https://twitter.com/bresreports/status/1439738213472612352
Another fun fact: The person who taught me this fun fact was Ted Cruz.
https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/888562061508132864?s=20
What matters, ultimately, is whether you have 50 votes to agree to vote for the bill after a Kamala Harris ruling.
Which comes back to Manchin and Sinema and co.
(Ted Cruz's plan didn't have close to 50 votes.)
Which comes back to Manchin and Sinema and co.
(Ted Cruz's plan didn't have close to 50 votes.)
There was a line I remember from Steny Hoyer during the so-called 'stolen vote' episode. Hoyer yelling that the parliamentarians aren't in charge.
I.E., the people who are elected are.
I.E., the people who are elected are.
“You don’t need to override the parliamentarian or get a new parliamentarian. It is the vice president who rules,” Ted Cruz told me in 2017.
Bottom line: Senators run the Senate. They can run with this guidance or … not.
The person in the chair makes the ruling. The parliamentarian gives guidance, but isn’t holding the gavel. That would be Kamala Harris if she chose, or Leahy or his designee. 
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