Picture From Senate Floor Showing No Democrats

Democrats through an unusual procedural maneuver seized control of the senate agenda to force a challenging vote for republicans.

Picture from senate floor showing no democrats.

But democrats changed the rules to dispense with that 60 vote requirement to advance most nominations back in 2013 and republicans finished the job with their own rules change to let supreme. Following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of h r 8337 continuing resolution. When the senate adjourns on monday it will next convene at 3 00pm on tuesday september 29 th. Mitch mcconnell goes scorched earth on senate floor.

Senators voted 52 47 on the roughly 500 billion republican bill which marked the. Congress starts its weekend no closer to a coronavirus deal. The senate stands adjourned to then convene for pro forma session only with no business being conducted on monday september 28th at 2 45pm. The current uproar over trump s policy of separating families seeking asylum could provide democrats a justification for shutting down the senate until mcconnell loosens his grip on the floor.

Buoyed by opinion polls showing control of the senate within their reach democrats for months have been quietly discussing whether they would be willing to change the chamber s rules to allow. But the bill fell 51 43 short of the 60 votes needed to advance. Imright 9 22 2020 11 41 36 am as expected congressional democrats are in full blown meltdown mode after mitch mcconnell and president trump are united on moving forward with filling the vacancy in the supreme court after. Senate democrats blocked a gop coronavirus bill on thursday amid a deep stalemate over the next relief package.