STOP with the POWER SHARING shit, Democrats....

[ProudMNDemocrat]

Democrats worked hard enough to win the Senate back. DO NOT give Mitch McConnel any leeway to ursurp tbe Democrats in what they want to do. McConnell is cunning and his lust for power remains.

Call your Senators to demand they use that majority to pass legislation for the American people. NOT appease Republicans to get Bi-Partisan votes on bills. Power sharing did not go well between Octavian Caesar and Marc Antony after the death of Julius Caesar.

[dubyadiprecession]

1. This all depends on the skills that Senator Schumer brings to his new position.

He might need counsel Biden.

[Irish_Dem]

2. When the Rs are the majority they NEVER power share with Dems.

I don't get why we are trying to be so nice.

[whathehell]

7. Damned right.

They are ruthless fighters and we need to be the same.

[Kaleva]

8. It's a 50-50 split so we are not in the majority

[Irish_Dem]

9. Even when we are the majority, McConnell still seems to be able to terrorize us.

And we have to struggle to get things passed.

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. Correction: it's a 51-50 majority for Democrats.

It's in the Constitution. It's legitimate and legal. The Dems have the Senate majority, Schumer is the majority leader and Harris is the president of the Senate.

[StarfishSaver]

18. No, it's not

It's 50-50 with the Democratic VP able to break ties on some floor votes. But the Senate is much more than floor votes and the VP has no vote in most of what the Senate does.

[Kaleva]

19. we wouldn't be going through a power sharing agreement if we had 51 Senators.

And the Constitution says nothing of political parties and how they must operate in the House and the Senate. Both chambers have rules which describe how to conduct their business. Rules that are not in the Constitution.

[StarfishSaver]

21. This

[JHB]

10. When the Rs are in the majority it's by a wide enough margin...

...that they don't have to work with us.

Right now it's 50/50. The VP's tiebreaker vote puts things in our favor, but not enough to dictate terms.

[NYC Liberal]

26. Right, and when the Republicans were in the same position back in 2001

with 50 Senators + Cheney as VP, the same sort of agreements had to be made.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RS20785.html

[StarfishSaver]

3. PLEASE stop with this "STOP with the POWER SHARING shit, Democrats" shit

Please do some research, learn how the Senate works and what's really going on here. Among other things, some basic research would help you understand that the Democrats aren't offering to share power with the Republicans. In a 50-50 Senate, they already share power and need to work out how the Senate will operate with the Democrats having control.

There are countless threads in which people have explained this ad nauseum. You can read those and/or you can go online and read any number of detailed explanations.

[still_one]

4. Thank-you.

[sweetloukillbot]

6. Now now, we can't let an opportunity to bash Dems pass by...

Plus bonus Schumer bashing.
It’s the DU way.

[Kaleva]

11. It's the usual people.

[PatSeg]

12. Exactly

Time again for a reality check. Getting bills passed takes a certain amount of compromise whether we like it or not, especially with a 50-50 senate. We won't always get what we want, but we can make progress.

[Eyeball_Kid]

15. If the Dems don't end the filibuster, we'll go nowhere forever. McConnell will see to it. n/t

[PatSeg]

25. Yes, I agree

We've all seen this movie before and it didn't end well the first time.

[lapucelle]

14. Thank you. N/T

[stillcool]

5. jeezus....again?

How are you going to get bills to the floor if the rules aren't agreed upon?

[StarfishSaver]

17. Some people aren't interested in getting bills to the floor, or getting anything else done

They just want to take names, kick ass, and talk schitt. Who cares if people don't actually benefit from it? At least we LOOK tough ...

[sweetloukillbot]

22. Dubya had a quote about liking dictators, as long as he was the dictator

I think there are a lot on our side who feel the same way. Authoritarianism is fine, as long as it's left-wing authoritarianism.

[StarfishSaver]

24. Yep.

They want Biden to govern just like Trump and for the Congressional Democrats to govern just like the Republicans did when they had the majority, including breaking the rules and stomping all over the minority. That's ok because our cause is just. But that was exactly what the Republicans thought about THEIR cause.

This is why we have rules.

[NYC Liberal]

28. I remember in 2016 after Republicans refused to consider Merrick Garland,

there were posts here seriously wondering why Obama didn't just issue an executive order installing him onto the Court. Some people said he should just do it and basically tell anyone who opposed it to pound sand.

Or even the thread just yesterday when people insisted that members of Congress be arrested despite the Constitution's very black-and-white prohibition of it.

[StarfishSaver]

29. Another favorite from the Merrick Garland days: Obama should just have done a recess appointment

The folks who insisted on this clearly didn't know enough about recess appointments to know that this would have given Trump TWO seats to fill - the Supreme Court seat that had become vacant again a couple of weeks before he was sworn in and the circuit court seat Garland had to give up in order to take the temporary Supreme Court appointment.

The internet and social media have many attributes. But one of the downsides is that they allow people to gather just enough information to believe they're experts because they can throw around terminology that they don't understand at all.

[Hotler]

16. No bashing of democrats on DU.

[lapucelle]

20. Anybody making demands should read the Senate rules first

[StarfishSaver]

23. Rules, schmules

We're in charge, DAMMIT!

[BGBD]

27. You don't get it

Without an agreement we can't change the existing rules and REPUBLICANS WILL MAINTAIN COMMITTEE CHAIRS.

[Danascot]

30. I hope some in the Senate are working hard to try to convince some of the borderline GOP Senators

like Murkowski to switch sides. They could negotiate enormous concessions for their state.

That would put this conundrum to bed quickly.

[Stinky The Clown]

31. UNREC