Who's Afraid of Mitch McConnell?

[Nevilledog]

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Greg Olear
@gregolear
This piece by @ThatShockratees is the best thing you will read today.

We know Biden will replace Trump as President. We didn't know MVP Kamala can replace Mitch as presiding officer of the Senate.

Who's Afraid of Mitch McConnell?
The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate. To disarm Mitch, all MVP Kamala Harris has to do is follow the Constitution.
gregolear.substack.com

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/whos-afraid-of-mitch-mcconnell

[FM123]

1. Yep!

"Once seated as the Senate’s constitutional presiding officer, Vice President Kamala Harris can break gridlock by recognizing any senator to bring any House-passed bill to the floor. She can do that without altering any Senate rule with a procedural vote. And she should."

"Imagine how glowing our national picture might have been if bills with genuine bipartisan support, like immigration reform and election protection, had passed both chambers during Obama’s administration through a robust process of debate, amendment and markup, presided over by a nationally-elected Vice President—rather than dying on the bleak desk of a man who proudly declares himself America’s 'Grim Reaper.'"

[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

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3. This has been debunked numerous times.

If we win both seats in Georgia it doesn’t matter. And if we don’t McConnell and the Republican majority can and will be able to set the rules. The Constitution clearly lodged the authority to set the rules governing Senate operations and procedures in the Senate, not in the Presiding Officer.