Democrats Take Over Senate Floor Refusing Move

On tuesday afternoon democrats invokedthe two hour rule which limits the time when committees may hold hearings while the full senate is in session.

Democrats take over senate floor refusing move.

Statehood for puerto rico is the biggest potential threat if democrats take over congress and the white house but that s another story. Mitch mcconnell r ky speaks during a news briefing after the weekly senate republican policy luncheon at the u s. Capitol in washington saturday march 21 2020. Senate democrats have already made their first move to slow down the chamber s operation.

Senate republicans are moving full steam ahead toward a confirmation vote on supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett before election day and there is little democrats can do to stop it. Ultimately it failed as vice president mike pence cast the deciding vote and devos was confirmed. Some democrats floated the highly unlikely. The senate is supposed to take the action and they will it s their constitutional right and they are following through mccarthy said.

They did so by engaging in an all night debate on the senate floor as their form of protest against the nominee. The president is supposed to move forward and they will. One of these is a war powers resolution which if passed by the house can be put to the senate floor even by democrats who are in the minority. If democrats manage to hold the house of representatives and win back the senate and the white house in november the party will have full control of the federal government for the first time in.

If pelosi and house democrats try to impeach the president we will take the movement to remove her from speakership. Speaks on the senate floor at the u s. Capitol february 11 2020 in washington d c. That could take democrat numbers in the senate into the low 40s.

Democrats will probably keep the senate in a president biden s first midterm if they take it with any margin this fall more vulnerable republicans are up for reelection in 2022 but they. Senate majority leader sen. Senate television via ap.