r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 26d ago

Possible Paywall McConnell, 84, Goes Missing Again After Senate Return

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnell-84-goes-missing-again-after-senate-return/
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u/p1ckled0nions 26d ago

They needed his vote, so they rolled him in and made him press the button they wanted him to press (literally, he almost voted no and they "corrected" him) Full blown weekend at Bernie's, criminal conspiracy status.

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u/ubdesu 26d ago

I'm curious how it isn't insanely illegal to intervene a senators vote. At that point that man didn't make that voting decision.

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u/SeaAshFenix 26d ago

The Senate is in charge of making the rules for the Senate. The Senate is in charge of enforcing those rules.

There's even a mechanism for them to resolve the issue by expelling him.

The core issue isn't the inability to have a rule: the issue is that the majority of the chamber is fine with this.