McConnell and Schumer Agreement on Committees/Rules

[Antonio the Sixth]

Organizing resolution is happening now!

Link?

It just happened on C-SPAN 2. Schumer interrupted Casey, he asked for unanimous consent for S.Res. 27-30 which, I believe was it.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?508582-1/senate-session&live

It sounds like they're discussing something abortion-related right now.

Unanimous consent, so it would have only taken them a few seconds to do it. It’s passed now; I believe Dems are now in control of all committee chairs.

Ahhh. Well that was anticlimactic, but probably for the best.

[AndyHogan14]

https://twitter.com/SenatePress/status/1357088412155535361?s=20

Hallelujah!

Well, look at that:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom

They moved so fast to make Bernie the chair on the website, that Harris and Enzi are still on there as committee members:

https://www.budget.senate.gov/about/committee-members

LOL, they already changed it, but screen caps are forever: http://bit.ly/3auEPAy

[Antonio the Sixth]

Out of curiosity, how long has it taken in previous Senates to pass an OR after a party flip? This one took 14 days, which *seems* to me like it's unusually long, but maybe I'm wrong.

[AndyHogan14]

Out of curiosity, how long has it taken in previous Senates to pass an OR after a party flip? This one took 14 days, which *seems* to me like it's unusually long, but maybe I'm wrong.

To be fair, they usually have the entire lame-duck to negotiate any changes, so it usually is done on day one. With that said, this should have been taken care of before January 20.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Out of curiosity, how long has it taken in previous Senates to pass an OR after a party flip? This one took 14 days, which *seems* to me like it's unusually long, but maybe I'm wrong.

To be fair, they usually have the entire lame-duck to negotiate any changes, so it usually is done on day one. With that said, this should have been taken care of before January 20.

Right. We've known since January 6 that Dems would take the Senate, so the delay was really 28 days.

[brucejoel99]

Out of curiosity, how long has it taken in previous Senates to pass an OR after a party flip? This one took 14 days, which *seems* to me like it's unusually long, but maybe I'm wrong.

To be fair, they usually have the entire lame-duck to negotiate any changes, so it usually is done on day one. With that said, this should have been taken care of before January 20.

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations like this to pass. Unfortunately, 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with tied-committee procedures, amendment procedures, & the like.

[Antonio the Sixth]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

[BudgieForce]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

Not very long apparently.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/107/sres8

It says here that the organizing resolution for the 107th congress was passed on January 5th, 2001.

[MaxQue]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

Passed on January 5th, negotiations began in late November and modified on the 8th to iron a few issues.

[Antonio the Sixth]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

Passed on January 5th, negotiations began in late November and modified on the 8th to iron a few issues.

I see. So negotiating for about a month is standard, it's just that this time it started abnormally late. I guess that makes sense.

[BudgieForce]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

Passed on January 5th, negotiations began in late November and modified on the 8th to iron a few issues.

Now that you mention it, I guess the Georgia senate races probably prevented any serious negotiations from taking place until January.

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There seems to be quite a correlation between being Senate Pro Tempore and chairing the Appropriations committee.

[Antonio the Sixth]

There seems to be quite a correlation between being Senate Pro Tempore and chairing the Appropriations committee.

Not surprising given that both PPT status and committee chairmanships are a function of seniority, and the Appropriations committee is the most prized of all.

[Frodo]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

Passed on January 5th, negotiations began in late November and modified on the 8th to iron a few issues.

I see. So negotiating for about a month is standard, it's just that this time it started abnormally late. I guess that makes sense.

Understandably so, given everyone was waiting for the outcome of the Georgia Senate runoffs which would determine which party controls the Senate.  

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The Senate has rules of debate unanimous consent and the Filibuster rule, the House operates on a Majority rule.

If a Senator doesn't like something other than nominations, they can object and then must overcome a filibuster

But, some unanimous consents won't allow even a vote on resolutions, if the Senate doesn't like it.

But, as I said earlier, the D's aren't blowing up the Filibuster, on Statehood, they want 10 moderate Rs to vote on Immigrantion reform, then they will vote to get rid of Fillibuster on DC Statehood

[MATTROSE94]

Manchin said today that he doesn't see the need to go nuke, many states already has a 15 or 10 minimum wage and that it won't be included in the Covid bill.  That the decision will be made up to Parliamentary.

The only states that have a below than average minimum wage are the NE like ME, BH, VR, KY, MS, and Sununu vetoed that minimum wage and he will be scrutinized for it if he goes for Senate

The D's are very anxious to pass Immigration reform which can get 60 votes without DC or PR Statehood until we get to 2022

BH and VR aren’t states.

VT and NH have the lowest minimum wage and ME due to fact the elect statewide Rs like Phil Scott, LePage, and Sununu whom vetoed Minimum wage. It's capped at 9.00 not 10 or 15 like IL, CA and PA


Scott still has a 74 percent approval rating


We do need a minimum wage increase

Oh ok. I didn't realize that you meant Vermont and New Hampshire. I do agree that a minimum wage increase is necessary. Probably start at $12 and increase to $15 by 2024 or 2025.

[Mr. Matt]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

Passed on January 5th, negotiations began in late November and modified on the 8th to iron a few issues.

After Jeffords switched, were there renegotiations again?

[brucejoel99]

It's usually done on Day 1 anyway because ORs don't usually require negotiations to pass. 50-50 Senates mean needing to decide how to proceed with committee procedures & the like.

How long did the negotiations in 2001 take?

Passed on January 5th, negotiations began in late November and modified on the 8th to iron a few issues.

After Jeffords switched, were there renegotiations again?

No renegotiation was required, given that the Jeffords switch provided the Democrats with the 51 votes needed to organize the chamber on their own, meaning provisions like equal representation & staffing on committees were no longer required.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

All rules are passed thru unanimous consent but if 1 Senator objects, there is a Fillibuster and 60 votes are required but since the Ds are the Majority party again, they will seek to end the Filibuster

That applied to 2001/2020