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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·7 hours agoDemocrats still don’t have 60 votes in the Senate? No, no it won’t be different this time…
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoAfter midterms is when I always assume we’re referring to with this conversation.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoIf we have fair elections. If we have decent candidates running. If we assume Trump is going to go willingly. That’s a lot of ifs
minus-squareWazowski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 hours agoThey need 67 votes to remove from office.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·7 hours agoYup, but they need 60 to get any of the procedures done.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 hours agoThey need a majority in the House to impeach, and a supermajority of 2/3 in the Senate for removal. That’s a total of 20 Republicans; 6 in the House, and 14 in the Senate.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·30 minutes agoYup, but before they can get to the vote of 67 to remove, there’s a bunch of administrivia which will require 60, and they don’t have that either.
Democrats still don’t have 60 votes in the Senate?
No, no it won’t be different this time…
After midterms is when I always assume we’re referring to with this conversation.
If we have fair elections. If we have decent candidates running. If we assume Trump is going to go willingly.
That’s a lot of ifs
They need 67 votes to remove from office.
Yup, but they need 60 to get any of the procedures done.
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They need a majority in the House to impeach, and a supermajority of 2/3 in the Senate for removal. That’s a total of 20 Republicans; 6 in the House, and 14 in the Senate.
Yup, but before they can get to the vote of 67 to remove, there’s a bunch of administrivia which will require 60, and they don’t have that either.