ringwiss
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Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
This works so well; it will actually have been seven weeks (and a bit).
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This works so well; it will actually have been seven weeks (and a bit).
Thune had the yeas and nays ordered on this amendment (no. 3937) while filling the tree; there was no need to do it again.
The Senate has been making this mistake a lot these past couple of years.
The Senate has been making this mistake a lot these past couple of years.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Thune had the yeas and nays ordered on this amendment (no. 3937) while filling the tree; there was no need to do it again.
The Senate has been making this mistake a lot these past couple of years.
The Senate has been making this mistake a lot these past couple of years.
Today in the Senate: a rousing rendition of that American classic, O Amendment Tree.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWI2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWI2...
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Today in the Senate: a rousing rendition of that American classic, O Amendment Tree.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWI2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWI2...
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We know when resolutions, concurrent resolutions, motions & amendments are approved, they're "agreed to" or "adopted"; they're not "passed". Bills & joint resolutions are "passed".
Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
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Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
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![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
NLRB v Canning
(June 26, 2014)
JUSTICE BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Ordinarily the President must obtain “the Advice and
Consent of the Senate” before appointing an “Office[r] of
the United States.” U. S. Const., Art. II, §2, cl. 2. But the
Recess Appointments Clause creates an exception. It
gives the President alone the power “to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by
granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of
their next Session.” Art. II, §2, cl. 3. We here consider
three questions about the application of this Clause.
[snip]
Second, the Senate’s rules make clear that during its
pro forma sessions, despite its resolution that it would
conduct no business, the Senate retained the power to
conduct business. During any pro forma session, the
Senate could have conducted business simply by passing a
unanimous consent agreement. See Riddick’s 1313. The
Senate in fact conducts much of its business through
unanimous consent. Id., at 1311–1312. Senate rules
presume that a quorum is present unless a present Senator questions it. Id., at 1041–1042. And when the Senate
has a quorum, an agreement is unanimously passed if,
upon its proposal, no present Senator objects. Id., at
1329–1330. It is consequently unsurprising that the
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We know when resolutions, concurrent resolutions, motions & amendments are approved, they're "agreed to" or "adopted"; they're not "passed". Bills & joint resolutions are "passed".
Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
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Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
1/
Not ‘according to sources familiar with the planning’, but according to the precedents.
BREAKING via Punchbowl
“Speaker Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) before the House votes on a government funding package, according to sources familiar with the planning.“
“Speaker Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) before the House votes on a government funding package, according to sources familiar with the planning.“
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not ‘according to sources familiar with the planning’, but according to the precedents.
If you thought the American media struggled with congressional procedure… 🤦♂️
US Senate passes deal aimed at ending government shutdown
US Senate passes deal aimed at ending government shutdown
The measure signals a major breakthrough but the deal still needs to get over more hurdles in Congress.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If you thought the American media struggled with congressional procedure… 🤦♂️
Without UC, remaining hurdles in the Senate:
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the motion to proceed (simple majority)
– Wait two days
– Vote on cloture on the substitute amendment (60 votes)
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the...
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the motion to proceed (simple majority)
– Wait two days
– Vote on cloture on the substitute amendment (60 votes)
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the...
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Without UC, remaining hurdles in the Senate:
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the motion to proceed (simple majority)
– Wait two days
– Vote on cloture on the substitute amendment (60 votes)
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the...
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the motion to proceed (simple majority)
– Wait two days
– Vote on cloture on the substitute amendment (60 votes)
– Up to 30 hours of debate
– Vote on adoption of the...
Just a fun fact: The cloture motion that is being reconsidered is the fifth one (out of the eight that have been filed).
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just a fun fact: The cloture motion that is being reconsidered is the fifth one (out of the eight that have been filed).
On the bright side: only a few more days of all those awful takes about swearing in members.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
On the bright side: only a few more days of all those awful takes about swearing in members.
And here I was looking forward to a real conference on the minibus... 😢
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
And here I was looking forward to a real conference on the minibus... 😢
The massive oversight here is that if the House decided to end a district work period in this way, although the chair would not be able to declare adjournments unilaterally, they would still retain the power to declare *recesses* under clause 12(a) of rule I.
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The massive oversight here is that if the House decided to end a district work period in this way, although the chair would not be able to declare adjournments unilaterally, they would still retain the power to declare *recesses* under clause 12(a) of rule I.
This time, they made sure to withdraw the first motion to proceed. 🤔
Either:
1. What happened before was just a mistake.
2. When a MTP is pending, you can move to proceed to a motion to reconsider in relation to that MTP, but not to any other motion to reconsider.
Either:
1. What happened before was just a mistake.
2. When a MTP is pending, you can move to proceed to a motion to reconsider in relation to that MTP, but not to any other motion to reconsider.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This time, they made sure to withdraw the first motion to proceed. 🤔
Either:
1. What happened before was just a mistake.
2. When a MTP is pending, you can move to proceed to a motion to reconsider in relation to that MTP, but not to any other motion to reconsider.
Either:
1. What happened before was just a mistake.
2. When a MTP is pending, you can move to proceed to a motion to reconsider in relation to that MTP, but not to any other motion to reconsider.
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Again, this is very bad, but I strongly caution against using the term "unprecedented" and then citing data that only goes back to 2015!
On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote.
Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.
Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.
Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Joh...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Again, this is very bad, but I strongly caution against using the term "unprecedented" and then citing data that only goes back to 2015!
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Canadian House of Commons Hansard: November 5, 1982
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Canadian House of Commons Hansard: November 5, 1982
Periodic reminder that a member’s resignation does not invalidate their signature on a discharge petition:
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Periodic reminder that a member’s resignation does not invalidate their signature on a discharge petition:
I guess we’re even now.
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I guess we’re even now.
Not en bloc? 🤔
Leader Thune filed cloture on Executive Calendar #421 Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs).
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Not en bloc? 🤔
It’s really funny how quickly the opposition’s attendance in the Lords diminishes in the evening.
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It’s really funny how quickly the opposition’s attendance in the Lords diminishes in the evening.
This is more of an argument for requiring a supermajority for passage of legislation.
Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is more of an argument for requiring a supermajority for passage of legislation.
That reminds me, the House still hasn’t elected a chaplain...
On that last point... ⬇️
(E.g., Kevin McCumber was appointed by McCarthy as Acting Clerk in 2023 and presided over the organisation of this Congress; it was only in this Congress that the House elected him.)
(E.g., Kevin McCumber was appointed by McCarthy as Acting Clerk in 2023 and presided over the organisation of this Congress; it was only in this Congress that the House elected him.)
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That reminds me, the House still hasn’t elected a chaplain...
It’s not that often you see members sign discharge petitions during pro-forma sessions.
November 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It’s not that often you see members sign discharge petitions during pro-forma sessions.
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Initially it was done first-come, first-served. Upside, encouraged members to arrive before noon on Day 1. Downside, sometimes scuffles erupted.
So in the 1840s the House decided, by resolution, to assign them by lottery. But even then it could become contentious, as it did on Oct 15, 1877…
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So in the 1840s the House decided, by resolution, to assign them by lottery. But even then it could become contentious, as it did on Oct 15, 1877…
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October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Initially it was done first-come, first-served. Upside, encouraged members to arrive before noon on Day 1. Downside, sometimes scuffles erupted.
So in the 1840s the House decided, by resolution, to assign them by lottery. But even then it could become contentious, as it did on Oct 15, 1877…
5/
So in the 1840s the House decided, by resolution, to assign them by lottery. But even then it could become contentious, as it did on Oct 15, 1877…
5/