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riversedge

(69,727 posts)
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 05:39 PM Jul 2021

'Hell Yeah I Would Leave': Lindsey Graham Suggests Republicans Copy Texas Democrats, Flee Washington

Source: forbes





Breaking|Jul 18, 2021,12:52pm EDT|24,185 views

'Hell Yeah I Would Leave': Lindsey Graham Suggests Republicans Copy Texas Democrats, Flee Washington To Block Infrastructure Vote






Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he would take whatever legal means necessary to stop Democrats from approving their massive $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, even if it means following in the steps of Texas Democrats who fled their state to block restrictive voting legislation—a likely far-fetched proposal for the U.S. Senate, where only a simple majority of lawmakers are needed to conduct business.


Speaking to Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures, Graham blasted Democrats' infrastructure proposal for its lofty $3.5 trillion pricetag and several provisions targeting non-physical infrastructure, saying he would "use everything lawfully in [his] toolbox to prevent rapid inflation," referencing concerns that heightened fiscal spending could drive up demand and prices.

Graham said he "would leave town" if Democrats manage to pass a reconciliation budget resolution and called on his Republican colleagues to "learn something" from Texas state Democrats who last week blocked a bill by fleeing to Washington.


The U.S. Constitution requires a quorum of 51 senators to be present for the Senate to conduct business, Graham pointed out, meaning all 50 GOP senators would need to be absent for such a tactic to work..............................

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/07/18/hell-yeah-i-would-leave-lindsey-graham-suggests-republicans-copy-texas-democrats-flee-washington-to-block-infrastructure-vote/?sh=da93234a9886






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'Hell Yeah I Would Leave': Lindsey Graham Suggests Republicans Copy Texas Democrats, Flee Washington (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2021 OP
So he is in agreement with the Democrats in Texas. marie999 Jul 2021 #1
This is just another example of the fact that America has become walkingman Jul 2021 #2
If republicans left Washington... SergeStorms Jul 2021 #3
For sure, Lindsey PLEASE leave. Don't tell him we don't need a quorum. marble falls Jul 2021 #4
We do need a quorum, basically to do anything in the Senate. Calista241 Jul 2021 #7
Yes But Lindsey Could Fly Off Me. Jul 2021 #8
hey stupid Lindsey, their state level , your federal ! monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #5
Republicans are the reeking BUTTPLUGS of gross Constitutional constipation Champp Jul 2021 #6
Lindsey when you leave,stay there! BlueJac Jul 2021 #9
He's squirming like he had Boebert's pulled pork sliders for lunch. George II Jul 2021 #10
My God he is a worthless person. Just go away and stay away. You are poison for America. nt Evolve Dammit Jul 2021 #11
Go to Mar A Lago and fluff Trump Lyndsey. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 #12
So...what we do is very simple jmowreader Jul 2021 #13
Ask Bob Packwood how that worked out. NYC Liberal Jul 2021 #14
No they don't. former9thward Jul 2021 #17
that is an absolute scream NJCher Jul 2021 #20
o please , please leave . and good riddance to u all. AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #15
I like the idea of Lindsey Graham "fleeing" Washington. patphil Jul 2021 #16
Such a seditious sack of worthless crap. Hulk Jul 2021 #18
Um, Lindsay , better check the rule book Warpy Jul 2021 #19
Please leave to block a popular bill and please run Rump in 2024. Jon King Jul 2021 #21
lowest form of human life Lindsey Graham cracker rickyhall Jul 2021 #22
Flee the country! IronLionZion Jul 2021 #23
effing imbecile and traitor. Fool - i don't think he's needed for a quorum samsingh Jul 2021 #24
Lindsey is a minion. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2021 #25
LEAVE, Lindsey! Bayard Jul 2021 #26
I wonder if he heard what the door said whistler162 Jul 2021 #27

walkingman

(7,512 posts)
2. This is just another example of the fact that America has become
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 05:54 PM
Jul 2021

a country of "all talk no action" or as they say in Texas "all hat and no cattle".

We talk a lot but do very little. In reality we could stop almost everything and it would continue for at least a decade before people realize they were fucked.

Welcome to "free market" capitalism - if you buy into the BS then I've got some surfside property I can sell you.

SergeStorms

(18,903 posts)
3. If republicans left Washington...
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 06:01 PM
Jul 2021

would Manchin and Sinema leave, or stay? In Sinema's case she'd probably call in "absent".

Calista241

(5,584 posts)
7. We do need a quorum, basically to do anything in the Senate.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 06:16 PM
Jul 2021

Article I, section 5 of the Constitution requires that a quorum (51 senators) be present for the Senate to conduct business. Often, fewer than 51 senators are present on the floor, but the Senate presumes a quorum unless a roll call vote or quorum call suggests otherwise.

https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Rules_and_Procedure_vrd.htm

Me.

(35,454 posts)
8. Yes But Lindsey Could Fly Off
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 06:28 PM
Jul 2021

and they still would have a quorum unless all the Cons left and I bet they won't

 

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)
5. hey stupid Lindsey, their state level , your federal !
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 06:11 PM
Jul 2021

all security clearance's could be canceled & be charged with dereliction of duty ! not including abandonment of your post ! that's just for starter's!! your a damn lawyer & your a employee of the state of South Carolina. you - " don't work for the RNC . REMEMBER WHERE YOUR PAY CHECK COMES FROM ". AMERICAN PEOPLE PUT YOUR DUMB ASS THERE !!

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
13. So...what we do is very simple
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 07:58 PM
Jul 2021

We offer Mitt Romney, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski something really good to stick around while the other 47 Republicans high tail it out of DC. The rules say we need a majority of senators who are present for duty to pass things, not a majority of the whole body. So…with somewhere between three and five uncertain votes to 48 solid ones…you realize within two weeks of the Senatorial Shit-Fit starting we can pass enough good legislation to complete detrumpification and start in on dereaganization.

NYC Liberal

(20,132 posts)
14. Ask Bob Packwood how that worked out.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 08:13 PM
Jul 2021

Capitol police dragged him feet first into the chamber when he tried to hide to break a quorum.

On February 23, 1988, Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd decided the time had come to end a filibuster on Senate campaign finance reform. A year earlier, in the first session of the 100th Congress, determined Republican opposition had produced seven failed cloture votes. Seeking to introduce a record-breaking eighth cloture motion for one bill, Senator Byrd announced, "There is no point of having an easy gentlemen's filibuster back in the cloakrooms. Let's have it right here on the Senate floor where the American people can see it." The Senate would stay in continuous session "until something breaks." Most of the Senate's 55 Democrats supported the legislation, but a head count revealed only 48 members available to answer a live quorum call. The leader moved to instruct the sergeant at arms to arrest the absentees

The Republicans conducted a hasty strategy session in their cloakroom and then scattered. Senate Sergeant at Arms Henry Guigni, a former vice squad policeman, led a "posse of six Capitol police officers" in a post-midnight search of members' hideaway offices and Senate office building suites. As Oregon senator Robert Packwood recalled years later, "They found me through no fault of my own by going into my reception room and asking the cleaning lady if she had seen Senator Packwood. And she said, ‘Oh, he's down in his office'." The New York Times reported that the senator thwarted their entry by wedging a heavy chair against one door. He hastily bolted another, but the police had a pass key. Pushing it open, they met minor resistance. "It was their mass against my mass," the apprehended senator noted.

At 1:17 a.m. the police and the senator approached the Chamber's entrance. By prearrangement, Senator Packwood collapsed into the arms of the officers who then transported him feet-first into the Chamber. On his feet again, he announced, "I did not come fully voluntarily."


Also, the Capitol police could go anywhere in the country. Texas police can only operate in Texas.

NJCher

(35,434 posts)
20. that is an absolute scream
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 09:27 PM
Jul 2021

"I did not come fully voluntarily."

I do not remember it; maybe it was before I got involved in watching politics. But damn is that funny.

patphil

(6,035 posts)
16. I like the idea of Lindsey Graham "fleeing" Washington.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 08:24 PM
Jul 2021

I'm not so keen on him ever coming back.
The Senate would be much improved by his absence.
Maybe he could take a a few more with him, like Johnson, Portman, Cruz, McConnell, Thune, Scott, Blackburn, Cornyn, Cotton, Hawley, and Kennedy.
They wouldn't be missed one bit.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
18. Such a seditious sack of worthless crap.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 08:47 PM
Jul 2021

This butt hole is an insult to South Carolina...which doesn't have such a stellar reputation on patriotism to begin with.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
19. Um, Lindsay , better check the rule book
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 08:59 PM
Jul 2021

because I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work.

It's why you guys abuse the filibuster, instead. We all know how Republicans hate to do a day's work, they'd love unscheduled vacations rather than sending emails threatening a filibuster over everything Democrats do.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
21. Please leave to block a popular bill and please run Rump in 2024.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 09:30 PM
Jul 2021

Great plan, block a very popular infrastructure bill and follow that by going all in on Donnie in 2024 as demographics races in the opposite direction. Great way to lose by bigger and bigger margins.

samsingh

(17,571 posts)
24. effing imbecile and traitor. Fool - i don't think he's needed for a quorum
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 10:50 AM
Jul 2021

but he's probably too stupid to understand that.

25. Lindsey is a minion.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 12:10 PM
Jul 2021

Minions are small, yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from yellow single-celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve history's most evil masters, in this case, T*****.



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