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DoD should withdraw all federal military services from the state and close up shop there. Offer a one-time option for guard and reserve personnel to find a new unit to transfer to if desired. Feck 'em until they remove that simpleton. Let all senators see you're not going to feck our national defense over bullshit.

And all quiet along the "we support our troops and nation" mouthbreathers front in the Republican base. Imagine the uproar if a Democrat was holding up promotions and whatnot related to DoD. Fox et al would be claiming treason and act of war against the nation.
 
RIP. It was obvious over a year ago that she was in no fit state to be in any job never mind being a senator. Unsure why her family did not step in to give her a dignified end to her life.
 
RIP

So what happens now, Gavin picks a replacement, and that senator will have sort of an incumbency-advantage in next years primaries?
 
Morty_ said:
RIP

So what happens now, Gavin picks a replacement, and that senator will have sort of an incumbency-advantage in next years primaries?
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There has been a big push for him to pick someone who vows to not run since if he picked Porter/Schiff/Lee it would be handing that person an advantage in the election next year. Boxer would be a easy choice as she had been in the Senate and retired already so likely would not want to run again.

MarylandMUFan said:
In San Fransico? That's f'n' strange.
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Who is Richard Bradley? Man who took on Dianne Feinstein over Confederate flag speaks out 37 years later - ABC7 San Francisco (abc7news.com)

Morty_ said:
Why though? Doesn't Gavin pick an interim senator in the meantime?
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The Dems stupidly put a zombie on the Senate Judiciary committee. At the beginning of a term both sides pick who they want on committees and they are approved all together. If a replacement needs to be made mid-term it requires a vote of approval in the full Senate and, because of the filibuster, it requires 60 votes. McConnell has already said he would block a replacement on the committee. This means the committee is deadlocked with R's and D's and so no judges, or at least no even slightly progressive judges, will make it out of committee for a confirmation vote.
 
WI_Red said:
There has been a big push for him to pick someone who vows to not run since if he picked Porter/Schiff/Lee it would be handing that person an advantage in the election next year. Boxer would be a easy choice as she had been in the Senate and retired already so likely would not want to run again.


Who is Richard Bradley? Man who took on Dianne Feinstein over Confederate flag speaks out 37 years later - ABC7 San Francisco (abc7news.com)



The Dems stupidly put a zombie on the Senate Judiciary committee. At the beginning of a term both sides pick who they want on committees and they are approved all together. If a replacement needs to be made mid-term it requires a vote of approval in the full Senate and, because of the filibuster, it requires 60 votes. McConnell has already said he would block a replacement on the committee. This means the committee is deadlocked with R's and D's and so no judges, or at least no even slightly progressive judges, will make it out of committee for a confirmation vote.
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Hopefully Gavin picks someone who wont run, i think he has indicated as much, but lets see.


As for the judiciary, was it not a straight up majority vote? I thought that extra seat dems picked up in the midterms allowed for a majority on the judiciary instead of the spit that was before.

It requires 60 votes now, but not at the begining of the term? Well, thats a big blow then.

Though if recall, didn't Biden get to pick a good amount of judges with split judiciary from 2020 to 2022?

Maybe i'm confusing the judiciary committe with the senate confirming judges, nevermind.
 
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As for the judiciary, was it not a straight up majority vote? I thought that extra seat dems picked up in the midterms allowed for a majority on the judiciary instead of the spit that was before.
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They did, that seat was Feinstein's
Morty_ said:
It requires 60 votes now, but not at the begining of the term? Well, thats a big blow then.
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I believe it does at the beginning of the term as well, but both sides vote for it since it is a single approval vote for all seats on all committees.
 
WI_Red said:
They did, that seat was Feinstein's

I believe it does at the beginning of the term as well, but both sides vote for it since it is a single approval vote for all seats on all committees.
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I have limited knowledge on this field, im afraid, say the senate is 50/50 after next years election(pretty much best case scenario for dems), that means the judiciary committee will continue to be split, right?

So, we are looking at, in the best case scenario, 3,5 years of a split committee, with few judges getting confirmed now.
 
Morty_ said:
I have limited knowledge on this field, im afraid, say the senate is 50/50 after next years election(pretty much best case scenario for dems), that means the judiciary committee will continue to be split, right?

So, we are looking at, in the best case scenario, 3,5 years of a split committee, with few judges getting confirmed now.
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So the way I understand it is that the Senate, as opposed to the house, always has a quorum since only 1/3 of the Senate stands for election every 2 years (as opposed to the house where the entire body is up each election). As a result, the Senates rules of operation do not expire, they just need to get renegotiated. So when it was 50/50 in 2021 we had a funny situation of Rep Committee Chairs in a Dem controlled Senate (thanks to Harriss's tie breaking vote) while Schumer and McConnell negotiated a new rules package. Part of any rules package is the appointment of Committe chairs, which the Dem's got thanks to their majority. What I don't know is if they still had a voting majority in those committees. Maybe @Carolina Red would know.
 
WI_Red said:
So the way I understand it is that the Senate, as opposed to the house, always has a quorum since only 1/3 of the Senate stands for election every 2 years (as opposed to the house where the entire body is up each election). As a result, the Senates rules of operation do not expire, they just need to get renegotiated. So when it was 50/50 in 2021 we had a funny situation of Rep Committee Chairs in a Dem controlled Senate (thanks to Harriss's tie breaking vote) while Schumer and McConnell negotiated a new rules package. Part of any rules package is the appointment of Committe chairs, which the Dem's got thanks to their majority. What I don't know is if they still had a voting majority in those committees. Maybe @Carolina Red would know.
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Here's the official rosters for the committees, but it doesn't have them denoted by party.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CPUB-117spub5/pdf/GPO-CPUB-117spub5.pdf
 
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It sort of does as they are in seperate columns. :)

Also, Marsha Blackburn is on Judiciary? :lol:
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Also, Grassley, if GOP are smart they would try to replace him(on the judiciary) with someone else after next years election. as to not get screwed over as dems just did.

Good shape for his age, but he is ancient.
 
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Also, Grassley, if GOP are smart they would try to replace him(on the judiciary) with someone else after next years election. as to not get screwed over as dems just did.

Good shape for his age, but he is ancient.
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Well that's not happening then.
 
Damnit, someone (I will not name because there may be a reason) deleted their post discussing age distribution of the Senate between parties. I, of course, immediately went into Excel land to look into it. Here you go


AverageMedian<5050-5960-6970-7980+
Dem
64.8​
65​
4​
12​
15​
18​
2​
Rep
62.1​
65​
6​
11​
18​
12​
2​
Total
63.49​
65​
10​
23​
33​
30​
4​

Essentially the parties are pretty even in the middle, with the GOP have a few more young Senators. The striking difference is in the 70-79 range.
 
I mean, why the feck not. We are already living in the absurd version of the simulation.

 
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