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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsi'm worried about Al
how many votes are needed for expulsion? I feel so bad for this shit
Irish_Dem
(47,053 posts)bluestarone
(16,939 posts)your right
Irish_Dem
(47,053 posts)politcal parties right now.
We have to do the right thing.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)trueblue2007
(17,218 posts)19 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#ImpeachTrump
i was wondering that
louis c
(8,652 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)louis c
(8,652 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)louis c
(8,652 posts)I don't assume any will die, be hospitalized or otherwise recuse themselves.
I will research past (way in the past) expulsion votes and see if the accused Senator participated.
unc70
(6,113 posts)No chance of that happening
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)Then again, depending on his reelection numbers, he might resign over losing the seat to a Republican. Between him and Menendez, the DSCC pollsters are going to be very busy.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,691 posts)First of all, expulsion is almost unheard of; it hasn't happened since the Civil War. One senator was expelled for treason in 1797, and 14 were expelled in 1861 and 1862 for aiding the Confederacy during the Civil War. Since then, there have been 17 efforts to expel, but since a 2/3 majority vote is required, none of these efforts were successful. More recently a few Senators (Bob Packwood, repeated instances of sexual harassment; John Ensign, financial improprieties; Harrison Williams, after a bribery conviction), have resigned when evidence of serious misconduct came to light. If every Senator who ever once did some inappropriate thing like Franken did got expelled there probably wouldn't be any male Senators left (though maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing).
Franken performed a very nice little bit of judo when he asked the Senate to do an ethics investigation on himself. This suggests that he knows this was a one-off incident and there's nothing else out there.
Also, even if he did leave the Senate, the governor of Minnesota is a progressive Democrat and he'd appoint another Democrat like Franken. Minnesota has a pretty deep bench. So getting Franken out of the Senate wouldn't help the GOP.