The Shameful l & Hopeful Rush Repukes Will Not Get Control Of The Senate

[Jon8503]

While vacancies aren't uncommon in the Senate, they can only occur ``by death or resignation,'' said Richard Baker, the Senate historian.

``There either has to be a death certificate or there has to be a letter of resignation,'' he said. ``Nobody has the power to determine a vacancy for a person who is still living.''

Some lawmakers in the past have kept their seats in spite of long illnesses.

In 1969, two years into his fourth term, South Dakota Senator Karl Mundt, a Republican, suffered a stroke and was unable to continue voting. He offered to resign on the condition that South Dakota's governor appoint Mundt's wife to fill the vacancy.

Mundt's Seat

The governor refused, and Mundt kept the seat for the balance of the term, even while missing three years of votes. He remained on three committees until 1972, when the Senate Republican Conference stripped him of the assignments.

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Limbaugh has stated that Ried will keep Johnson on Life Support if he has to & then brought up Shiavo & stating how the democrats faught to let her die or something to that effect. Unbelievable.

[warrens]

1. There is not a level low enough

To prevent Pigboy from stooping to it.

He's a vile pig.

Sorry, pigs, I know you're not vile. Just an expression.

[SoFlaJet]

8. Was anybody here at DU

when Wellstone's plane crashed? You want to hear vile....you should have read what he and the rest of his ilk were saying and writing...and I mean ON THE DAY IT HAPPENED!!!

[AnnInLa]

2. Pelosi now calling Repukes....Republics

in response to them calling us the Democrat Party. I think that is an outstanding idea, and the whole country should now refer to that party as the Republic Party, and to them as Republics.

Or not.

[jumpoffdaplanet]

5. Cool

When did she do it, is it taped somewhere?

[beth9999]

3. That's a laugh coming from Rush...

... accusing us of going to extraordinary means in keeping Johnson alive when it was the Repugs who did this to him in the first place.

Ugh! It's a shame that we've already seen that they'll stoop to murder to retain power (Carnahan, Wellstone) and that we didn't learn our lesson yet. How many more Senators have to die?

[hijinx87]

7. self delete.

thought better of it.

[tabasco]

4. Rush Limbaugh is the scum of the Earth.

Anybody who believes a word that comes out of his filthy mouth is an idiot.

[maine_raptor]

6. Thank you, Rush

for once again proving that you truly deserve to be among those members of the Human Species that have no re-deeming social value.

I hope this little "funny" of his gets as much attention as his Michael J. Fox one did.