ringwiss
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Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
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Hallmark announced its holiday movies, but C-SPAN remains silent 🤔 Here are some suggestions:
1) Miracle on the 218th signature
2) A Muppets Christmas Conference Committee
3) It's a wonderful shutdown
4) Rudolph the red-nosed (continuing) resolution
5) ¡Feliz Filibuster! 🎄
1) Miracle on the 218th signature
2) A Muppets Christmas Conference Committee
3) It's a wonderful shutdown
4) Rudolph the red-nosed (continuing) resolution
5) ¡Feliz Filibuster! 🎄
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hallmark announced its holiday movies, but C-SPAN remains silent 🤔 Here are some suggestions:
1) Miracle on the 218th signature
2) A Muppets Christmas Conference Committee
3) It's a wonderful shutdown
4) Rudolph the red-nosed (continuing) resolution
5) ¡Feliz Filibuster! 🎄
1) Miracle on the 218th signature
2) A Muppets Christmas Conference Committee
3) It's a wonderful shutdown
4) Rudolph the red-nosed (continuing) resolution
5) ¡Feliz Filibuster! 🎄
Good! Members will then have no choice but to turn to more interesting ways of bringing up their bills...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/m...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/m...
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Good! Members will then have no choice but to turn to more interesting ways of bringing up their bills...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/m...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/m...
Yes, the chair (in their capacity as a member) may object to a unanimous-consent request.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Yes, the chair (in their capacity as a member) may object to a unanimous-consent request.
The House is doing this so often that you’d think members would have learnt the proper terminology by now.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The House is doing this so often that you’d think members would have learnt the proper terminology by now.
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The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
Two months later, the Senate has agreed to this request.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Two months later, the Senate has agreed to this request.
And then there’s the matter of enrolling the bill and presenting it to the president.
How's Mike Johnson's speakership going?
Well, his members don't trust he'll do his job and transmit the Epstein bill to the Senate after it passes. So there's that.
Well, his members don't trust he'll do his job and transmit the Epstein bill to the Senate after it passes. So there's that.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
And then there’s the matter of enrolling the bill and presenting it to the president.
Another one of those times where I wonder whether a resolution removing a designated speaker pro tempore would qualify as a question of privilege.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Another one of those times where I wonder whether a resolution removing a designated speaker pro tempore would qualify as a question of privilege.
I’ve noticed unusually many references to the ‘Epstein resolution’ (just one example ⬇️). Where did that come from? It is a bill, not a resolution.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’ve noticed unusually many references to the ‘Epstein resolution’ (just one example ⬇️). Where did that come from? It is a bill, not a resolution.
It’s always startling when the majority loses a voice vote.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It’s always startling when the majority loses a voice vote.
OK, that makes sense: they’ll pass Khanna’s bill under suspension of the rules and adopt a rule tabling Massie’s rule.
I like how they now have to specify ‘upon transmission to the Senate’, as opposed to ‘upon passage’. 😁
I like how they now have to specify ‘upon transmission to the Senate’, as opposed to ‘upon passage’. 😁
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
OK, that makes sense: they’ll pass Khanna’s bill under suspension of the rules and adopt a rule tabling Massie’s rule.
I like how they now have to specify ‘upon transmission to the Senate’, as opposed to ‘upon passage’. 😁
I like how they now have to specify ‘upon transmission to the Senate’, as opposed to ‘upon passage’. 😁
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A legislative day begins when the House convenes after an adjournment and continues until the House adjourns – nothing to do with whether the House conducts legislative business.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A legislative day begins when the House convenes after an adjournment and continues until the House adjourns – nothing to do with whether the House conducts legislative business.
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History repeats itself.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
History doesn't repeat itself, but that one time pro forma.
#HRules
#Speaker_Johnson
History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
History doesn't repeat itself, but that one time pro forma.
#HRules
#Speaker_Johnson
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
History repeats itself.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
History doesn't repeat itself, but that one time pro forma.
#HRules
#Speaker_Johnson
History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
History doesn't repeat itself, but that one time pro forma.
#HRules
#Speaker_Johnson
Ah, the House is back.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ah, the House is back.
This time don’t forget to order the previous question on the motion to concur. 😉
The House Rules Committee will meet at 6:30 pm on the Senate-passed shutdown package.
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This time don’t forget to order the previous question on the motion to concur. 😉
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 ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
1/
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… 🤦♂️