I wonder what the precedent is for this? Will the Democrat senators always vote for their legislation or will just one or more (a different one for different reasons) decide to block their own party's bills sometimes?
I wonder what the precedent is for this? Will the Democrat senators always vote for their legislation or will just one or more (a different one for different reasons) decide to block their own party's bills sometimes?
I wonder what the precedent is for this? Will the Democrat senators always vote for their legislation or will just one or more (a different one for different reasons) decide to block their own party's bills sometimes?
It is actually more complicated than that. There are currently 50 senators that affiliate with the Republican party and 48 that affiliate with the Democratic party. There are two independents. So Senator Chuck Shumer being elected Senate Majority Leader was due to all of his Democrats, the two Independent Senators voting for him. That yielded a 50-50 tie and VP Kamala Harris broke the tie to elect Shumer. So on other issues, I do not think there will be as much party unity, maybe on both sides.I wonder what the precedent is for this? Will the Democrat senators always vote for their legislation or will just one or more (a different one for different reasons) decide to block their own party's bills sometimes?
You expected Republicans to vote for Schumer for Majority Leader?It is actually more complicated than that. There are currently 50 senators that affiliate with the Republican party and 48 that affiliate with the Democratic party. There are two independents. So Senator Chuck Shumer being elected Senate Majority Leader was due to all of his Democrats, the two Independent Senators voting for him. That yielded a 50-50 tie and VP Kamala Harris broke the tie to elect Shumer. So on other issues, I do not think there will be as much party unity, maybe on both sides.
Basically Manchin is going to get a lot of bribes and/or threats.