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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:31 PM Original message |
Sergeant at Arms is Authorized to Arrest Any person Violating Senate Rules (inc Prez) |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. You'd have to get the Senate to agree |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So 60 Senators are needed to proceed with an arrest? |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Edited: No ... the Senate is not involved in contempt of the House. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Thanks, I had been looking for that info. nt |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Thank you for that information. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Sure thing. It gets a bit confusing. I don't believe ANY super-majority is needed ... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. When did Dick Cheney last preside over the Senate? I mean by that |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Trivia: Last Used in 1987–1988 When Sen Byrd ordered SAA to Arrest Absent Members |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. While Byrd is old |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. my bad-I've corrected my post. He used in in the 80's and was used before that |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. OMG. You made that up. right? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Tha snip refers to 1987-88 session |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. It sounds like his powers only extend to the Senate grounds.... |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not so: McGrain v Daughtery arrest made in Cincinnati |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-21-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I can't imagine what a mess this is all going to be.... |
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KAT119 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I believe the SAA (and co.) can go anywhere to locate person cited |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because the subpoenas are being issued by HOUSE committees? |
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