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Schumer to force vote on Russian sanction relief (Original Post)
Gothmog
Jan 2019
OP
ffr
(22,671 posts)1. Turn the heat all the way up!!
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)2. OH HELL YEAH
Crank it up to ELEVEN, Chuck!!!
drray23
(7,637 posts)3. If he has a mechanism to force a vote
Even when McConnell does not want it, why does not he use it for the bills to reopen the government ?
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)8. Schumer can use privilege motion
Link to tweet
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Chichiri
(4,667 posts)4. How is he able to force a vote on that? nt
Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)7. You need Republican support. He must have it.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)9. A privilege motion has to be voted on
Schumer will use privilege motion to force a vote
How many GOP senators want to on record supporting a Putin ally?
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)5. My thoughts exactly, when he can't force a vote on the shutdown
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)6. From NYT
Link to tweet
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Gothmog
(145,554 posts)10. Schumer has officially announced he'll force a vote in the Senate
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)11. The Senate has rebuked trump and voted to delay sanctions relief
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)12. This will bring McConnell back out of seclusion
Good move Senator Schumer!