ringwiss
@ringwiss.bsky.social
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I type at 140 wpm.
Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. The House can do anything it wants.
2. Yes.
3. The House can do anything it wants.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. The House can do anything it wants.
2. Yes.
3. The House can do anything it wants.
Not anymore. The House changed the rule in 2019.
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Not anymore. The House changed the rule in 2019.
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Hey @ringwiss.bsky.social @kdbyproxy.bsky.social @americalabs.org @historygosh.bsky.social is there any* way Johnson can gavel in the House to vote on this bill & not immediately have to yield to a privileged motion to swear in Grijalva & then immediately have to deal with the discharge petition?
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Speaking of that… ‘motion to agree to rules’ here is wrong; not only is it done by resolution today, but it was also done by resolution in the cited precedent.
Swearing in a member takes precedence over literally everything except adjournment or recess (and in certain circumstances not even that).
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Speaking of that… ‘motion to agree to rules’ here is wrong; not only is it done by resolution today, but it was also done by resolution in the cited precedent.
* – I tend to use ‘discharge petition’ to mean the piece of paper that members sign and ‘discharge motion’ for the proposition that is offered on the floor if the petition gets 218 signatures, but the proper term for both of those is ‘motion to discharge’.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
* – I tend to use ‘discharge petition’ to mean the piece of paper that members sign and ‘discharge motion’ for the proposition that is offered on the floor if the petition gets 218 signatures, but the proper term for both of those is ‘motion to discharge’.
For discharge motions* specifically, the complication is that (under the post-2019 form of the rule) they are not privileged at all until the time designated by the speaker.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
For discharge motions* specifically, the complication is that (under the post-2019 form of the rule) they are not privileged at all until the time designated by the speaker.
I haven’t looked it up, but I’m pretty sure they may not.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I haven’t looked it up, but I’m pretty sure they may not.
The even easier option is to recess instead of adjourning so that you never reach the end of the seven-legislative-day period.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The even easier option is to recess instead of adjourning so that you never reach the end of the seven-legislative-day period.
2. Even then, the precise timing is in the speaker’s hands. The House could conduct whatever business it wants and then adjourn (or be adjourned) before the time designated by the speaker for the consideration of the discharge motion (if he designates one at all).
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
2. Even then, the precise timing is in the speaker’s hands. The House could conduct whatever business it wants and then adjourn (or be adjourned) before the time designated by the speaker for the consideration of the discharge motion (if he designates one at all).
No.
1. The discharge motion would be considered long after the House has dealt with the appropriations bill.
1. The discharge motion would be considered long after the House has dealt with the appropriations bill.
Seven legislative days later, a member who signed the petition will be able to give notice of their intent to call up the discharge motion.
At a time determined by the speaker within two legislative days of that, that member will be able to call up the motion. After up to 20 minutes’ debate...
At a time determined by the speaker within two legislative days of that, that member will be able to call up the motion. After up to 20 minutes’ debate...
@ringwiss.bsky.social What happens after Rep.-elect Grivalja is sworn in and signs the Epstein discharge petition?
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
No.
1. The discharge motion would be considered long after the House has dealt with the appropriations bill.
1. The discharge motion would be considered long after the House has dealt with the appropriations bill.
If Johnson doesn’t do that, though (and, if I had to guess, I don’t think he will), it would not be immediate by any means.
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Seven legislative days later, a member who signed the petition will be able to give notice of their intent to call up the discharge motion.
At a time determined by the speaker within two legislative days of that, that member will be able to call up the motion. After up to 20 minutes’ debate...
At a time determined by the speaker within two legislative days of that, that member will be able to call up the motion. After up to 20 minutes’ debate...
@ringwiss.bsky.social What happens after Rep.-elect Grivalja is sworn in and signs the Epstein discharge petition?
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
If Johnson doesn’t do that, though (and, if I had to guess, I don’t think he will), it would not be immediate by any means.
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However, it’s extremely easy for the speaker to block a discharge petition, and Johnson has done it before: just adjourn before the member has a chance to call up the discharge motion.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
However, it’s extremely easy for the speaker to block a discharge petition, and Johnson has done it before: just adjourn before the member has a chance to call up the discharge motion.
Swearing in a member takes precedence over literally everything except adjournment or recess (and in certain circumstances not even that).
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Swearing in a member takes precedence over literally everything except adjournment or recess (and in certain circumstances not even that).
The answer is no, by unanimous consent, the Senate has agreed to limit debate.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The answer is no, by unanimous consent, the Senate has agreed to limit debate.
This prevents other senators from offering amendments.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This prevents other senators from offering amendments.
Never a good idea to legislate on appropriations bills.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Never a good idea to legislate on appropriations bills.
They almost certainly won’t be.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
They almost certainly won’t be.
See sec. 213: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
See sec. 213: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
In the simplest possible terms: if (2) or (3) are agreed to, then Baldwin or Merkley, respectively, will be able to offer their amendments.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In the simplest possible terms: if (2) or (3) are agreed to, then Baldwin or Merkley, respectively, will be able to offer their amendments.
60 votes will be needed for (5) and (7).
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
60 votes will be needed for (5) and (7).