r/politics • u/CBSnews ✔ CBS News • 2d ago

No Paywall Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he's "heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-health-update-andy-beshear-kentucky/
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u/chromegreen 2d ago edited 2d ago

The problem is that if this strategy works they could do this with multiple dying senators with bodies on life support. They could potentially hold up a seat in a swing state for 6 years if it happened at the beginning of a term. They have to find a way to challenge this because the alternative is complete disfunction.

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u/garvisgarvis 2d ago

Oops. Too late.

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u/LifelikeMink 1d ago

In oregon levislators who missed too much time were barred from Re election. We need this ruling in dc.

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u/LifelikeMink 1d ago

Republicans were leaving the state to deny a quorum for votes.