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Senate Floor Live - December 31, 2020 (Original Post)
Donkees
Dec 2020
OP
I'm delighted that after talking on the floor of the Senate for years about socialism for the rich -
Donkees
Dec 2020
#5
He could be doing this so that at 3PM he introduces a motion to proced to consider.
joshcryer
Dec 2020
#11
Bernie will keep fighting. Senate floor is back LIVE... Sen. Blumenthal believes it would pass
Donkees
Dec 2020
#15
Donkees
(31,435 posts)1. I am once again asking for a yes-or-no vote on $2,000 survival checks.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)2. Ah, dangit, didn't see your post.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)3. Sanders up now.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)4. R&K
Donkees
(31,435 posts)5. I'm delighted that after talking on the floor of the Senate for years about socialism for the rich -
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)6. Sanders suggested he would be using legalease.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214782047
Is he going to do a Motion to Proceed to Consider? He can do it. It is fully within his right as a Senator.
Is he going to do a Motion to Proceed to Consider? He can do it. It is fully within his right as a Senator.
Donkees
(31,435 posts)7. He just did :)
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)8. Sadly, he did not make a motion to proceed to consider.
Most measures are brought to the floor by unanimous consent, but when this consent cannot be obtained, a motion to proceed to consider can be used to accomplish the same purpose.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214782047
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214782047
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)9. Dick Durbin up now.
Donkees
(31,435 posts)10. Bernie Sanders calls for unanimous consent that 3PM today...
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)11. He could be doing this so that at 3PM he introduces a motion to proced to consider.
It's only been done 28 times without consent of the majority leader. He needs to bring it up. Point out that Mitch Mcconnell did it in Oct. of 2013. Note the precedent. And then do it.
Donkees
(31,435 posts)12. Thanks
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)14. Senate Rule VIII:
All motions made during the first two hours of a new legislative day to proceed to the consideration of any matter shall be determined without debate, except motions to proceed to the consideration of any motion, resolution, or proposal to change any of the Standing Rules of the Senate shall be debatable. Motions made after the first two hours of a new legislative day to proceed to the consideration of bills and resolutions are debatable.
https://www.rules.senate.gov/rules-of-the-senate
https://www.rules.senate.gov/rules-of-the-senate
Senator Sanders may well be doing it! 3PM puts it in debate territory, in which case cloture can then be invoked by any Senator. Let's do this Senator Sanders!
Donkees
(31,435 posts)15. Bernie will keep fighting. Senate floor is back LIVE... Sen. Blumenthal believes it would pass
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)16. 20 mins until Sanders can do it.
Donkees
(31,435 posts)13. Senator Sanders: $2,000 Checks Now!
Dec 31, 2020
I am once again asking for a yes-or-no vote on $2,000 survival checks.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)17. Senate adjourned until 12 PM tomorrow.
McConnell said at the end "I stand adjourned until 12 noon tomorrow." The Presiding officer caught that misspeak and smirked, then adjourned.
Donkees
(31,435 posts)18. Sanders will ask for unanimous consent to bring the both pieces of legislation up for a vote Friday
Sanders to Demand Votes on House-Passed $2,000 Direct Payments Bill and McConnells Bill
Sanders will ask for unanimous consent to bring the both pieces of legislation up for a vote on Friday morning.
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/sanders-to-demand-votes-on-house-passed-2000-direct-payments-bill-and-mcconnells-bill/
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)19. Rand Paul would probably object.