CT: Will Delay Swear-In If GOP Takes Seat

[angelatc]

http://www.bostonherald.com/busines...h-care_reform_could_pass/srvc=home&position=4

The U.S. Senate ultimately will schedule the swearing-in of Kirk’s successor, but not until the state certifies the election.

Today, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who is overseeing the election but did not respond to a call seeking comment, said certification of the Jan. 19 election by the Governor’s Council would take a while.

“Because it’s a federal election,” spokesman Brian McNiff said. “We’d have to wait 10 days for absentee and military ballots to come in.”

In contrast, Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) was sworn in at the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 18, 2007, just two days after winning a special election to replace Martin Meehan. In that case, Tsongas made it to Capitol Hill in time to override a presidential veto of the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

 

[Daamien]

Not sure why you tagged this as CT when the news concerns Massachusetts.

 

[constituent]

Not sure why you tagged this as CT when the news concerns Massachusetts.

lol.

 

[TCE]

Then we'll see if the GOP is nothing more than Controlled Opposition. It will be up to them to use every Parliamentary procedure possible to stall out the bill, allow the 10 days to pass, Brown gets sworn in, the health care bill fails. It'll never happen, but it's wishful thinking. Examples:

* Filibustering every single speech.
* Keep requesting Quorum Calls.
* If someone asks to speak, object to it, which requires a vote to override the objection.
* Make Parliamentary Inquiries regularly about everything.
* Ask a Senator to yield for a question, stalling out his speech.
* Continue offering Motions to Recommit.

Just a few.

 

[bill50]

Not sure why you tagged this as CT when the news concerns Massachusetts.

Both states are so fucked up and socialist that there's no point in differentiating between the two.

 

[Daamien]

Both states are so fucked up and socialist that there's no point in differentiating between the two.

I'd be more than happy to annex Massachusetts... they always think they're better than Connecticut. At least we can both agree that Rhode Island is worthless and should just be partitioned

 

[erowe1]

Then we'll see if the GOP is nothing more than Controlled Opposition. It will be up to them to use every Parliamentary procedure possible to stall out the bill, allow the 10 days to pass, Brown gets sworn in, the health care bill fails. It'll never happen, but it's wishful thinking. Examples:

* Filibustering every single speech.
* Keep requesting Quorum Calls.
* If someone asks to speak, object to it, which requires a vote to override the objection.
* Make Parliamentary Inquiries regularly about everything.
* Ask a Senator to yield for a question, stalling out his speech.
* Continue offering Motions to Recommit.

Just a few.

How can doing all that result in the bill failing? It only needs 50 votes. Even losing this seat the Dems would still have 59.

 

[Daamien]

How can doing all that result in the bill failing? It only needs 50 votes. Even losing this seat the Dems would still have 59.

It usually delays a bill for so long that the party in charge loses the political capital (not Capitol) to push through legislation. Sometimes the bill is amended or resubmitted with compromise language as a result or sometimes the bill is simply dropped due to fear of political fallout from constituents voting against vulnerable Senators in the majority party who support the controversial legislation.

 

[erowe1]

It usually delays a bill for so long that the party in charge loses the political capital (not Capitol) to push through legislation. Sometimes the bill is amended or resubmitted with compromise language as a result or sometimes the bill is simply dropped due to fear of political fallout from constituents voting against vulnerable Senators in the majority party who support the controversial legislation.

So then it has nothing to do with swearing in Brown. Since, if your scenario played out, he wouldn't vote on it, and if your scenario didn't play out, his vote would not stop the bill's passage.