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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOkay. New Scenario. What happens if the Jan 6 Commission finds wrongdoing with
Republican Senators, and they are forced out? What does that do to the balance in the Senate when we're looking for majority votes?
rsdsharp
(9,173 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)drray23
(7,627 posts)The only way to remove a senator is if they resign or are expelled by a 2/3 majority vote in the senate. Good luck with getting 67 votes.
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)They can serve from jail, can they?
drray23
(7,627 posts)unless they are removed by a 2/3 vote. They may not be able to take votes from prison but they would still be senators.
Beartracks
(12,814 posts)... especially if Democrats are appalled!
I think.
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rsdsharp
(9,173 posts)but how would alleged wrongdoing by three Representatives (which is the point of the article you linked) lead to the expulsion of Senators?
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)I think it involved campaign donations? Not sure. But I remember clearly two things about it. The first, that he stepped down. And the second, he was excoriated by the other Senators when his parting shot was that they all did what he was found guilty of doing.
rsdsharp
(9,173 posts)or the expulsion of Senators by a two thirds vote of the Senate.
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)public pressure, or from procedural rule, it's a win for us.
rsdsharp
(9,173 posts)and you cannot get 67 votes for expulsion.
Period.
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)It won't happen. Republicans do not see the consequences of their actions.
do they suffer those consequences. They wear those scandals and criminality like a badge of office. It actually makes me wonder if there is any repugnant, reprehensible, Republiclan politician who is not corrupt.