Concerning the Senate chamber’s denizens, a reader asks:
Are there enough GOP Senators out of chamber for the Democrats to ram some stuff through, if they can get it on the floor past McC?
Not that I’ve heard. My understanding is that the Senate is down five Republicans: Rand, Lee, Romney, Cruz, Gardner, and Scott. I see that’s six. That suggests the currently able to vote members are 47-45-2, with Pence casting any deciding votes necessary.
It makes me laugh to think of another Republican going down and suddenly Schumer is the Majority Leader, though. Maybe that’d require two. I think some forehead veins would be popping.
And then maybe a deliberate exposure of Democratic Senators to the virus by some rogue Republican staffer. Wow, this could get messy. Reminds me of the old brutal wars that wiped out chunks of the Roman Senate that Turchin related.
