We need 51

[bigtree]

...to do away with the negotiated 50-50 split in Senate committees.

It can stop the present calamity where tied votes have prevented legislation from being voted out of committee. It's a hedge against a ManSin-like hostage situation in committee where one senator holds up things like nominations. Provides for absent members... more.

[RockRaven]

1. I don't trust myself to explain the procedure properly, but it also will speed judge confirmations

or so I read somewhere earlier today.

[H2O Man]

2. Recommended.

Definitely.

[MagickMuffin]

3. Fifty One Will Get The Job Done

Warnock’s the Extra One
Let’s get the job done

[SergeStorms]

4. I totally agree. We need 51.

Just in case our problem chidren start acting up.

[gratuitous]

5. Fifty one de-fangs President Senator Manchin or Synema

That would be just too damn bad.

[calimary]

6. Agreed. I'd weep...

… for joy!

[Montauk6]

7. I'll take it but...

We REALLY need enough to make the Manchins and Sinemas (yikes, I hope neither plural would play out) totally useless. They need to be that extra spare tire you keep in your garage.

[BadgerMom]

8. And we need Warnock because he's a great Senator.

All the other stuff is dead on, too.

[brer cat]

15. +++ nt

[Celerity]

20. And to keep that minstrel show cray n' stupid AF thug Walker OUT (for my own mental health too, lol)

As a black woman, to me that motherfucker is the walking embodiment of tens of millions of racists berks screaming the n-word.

I cannot handle seeing his ridiculously unintelligent, perpetually lying arse in the Senate for 6 years.

[Meowmee]

9. We really need 52 or more

To cancel them out. Hopefully there will be no other defectors.

[Ginjacat]

10. The more the merrier...

[Meowmee]

11. I think there is only one left in the balance now?

I have lost track.. lol

[brush]

12. Pls explain how the negotiated 50-50 split in Senate committees works.

I thought holding the majority with VP Harris' tie-breaker vote enabled us to chair committees etc.

[bigtree]

21. unless the two sides agree to move to vote, it goes to a filibuster

...even with VP Harris’s tie-breaking vote, Sen. Schumer will need McConnell’s support, because passing the organizing resolution requires 60 votes.

The organizing resolution determines everything from committee membership and staff budgets, to who gets the best office space.
https://time.com/5926759/senate-split-50-50-democrats/

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

13. Another big benefit of a Warnock win is ...

that it could affect which party controls the Senate over next 6 years, not just the next 2 years. This is because it would keep this Georgia seat in possession of the democrats throughout those 6 years, and thus could make the difference in which party has the majority in the sessions after both the 2024 and 2026 elections.

[ck4829]

14. Yes.

[msfiddlestix]

16. Agree. But, I feel like I can breathe with far less angst. n/t

[Norbert]

17. We will get it

I think unemployment will hold and inflation will trend down slightly once again

Plus we have another month of MTG being the poster child for the GQP. The people of Georgia will not vote for crazy.

Bye Herschel.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

18. ?

What do you mean another month of MTG? Where's she going?

[DFW]

19. We'll get our 51. The big question is......

Will Murkowski win and then be so disgusted with the rest of her R colleagues that she decides to caucus with us?

I feel the chances of that are maybe 20-80, but that's better than some gave us to hold the Senate a week ago, so I wouldn't count it out altogether. Two or three speeches by Vance on the Senate floor, and she may be ready to decide that she is not in good company.