@ringwiss

🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 He/him. Armchair parliamentarian. I type at 140 wpm.

 Washington, DC
Joined September 2016
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He's a 10 but he thinks Aaron Burr created the filibuster.
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The legislative branch does it better.
Kelsey Reichmann@KelseyReichmannOct 19
VERY interesting note from SCOTUS on a copyright cert petition It says the court lacked a quorum but affirmed as if decided by a divided court. 4 justices recused
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The new edition of Erskine May has a whole new part entitled ‘Parliamentary procedure in the novel circumstances of COVID-19 and Brexit’!
ringwiss@ringwissOct 8
Replying to @ParlCharlie
And for anyone looking for early Christmas present ideas…
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(Those snippets are from Lexis. I do not love the fact that this is not available on the public website yet.)
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Take my money.
Charlie Feldman@ParlCharlieOct 9
Wait wait wait there are official UK Parliament Christmas PJs?!?!? Your move, @OurCommons @SenateCA @LibraryParlCA - give the people what they want!!!
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ringwiss@ringwissOct 8
Replying to @ParlCharlie
And for anyone looking for early Christmas present ideas…
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Incidentally, suspension of the rules traditionally only required a simple majority in the Senate. They decided to nuke that in 1915, in large part relying on the fact that the House and other legislatures required a two-thirds majority.
Igor Bobic
@igorbobicOct 8
I've often said the Senate is slowly becoming more like the House (derogatory) Here's a rules change proposal from Daines & Merkley to quite literally make it like the House daines.senate.gov/wp-content…
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To this day, the standing rules do not specify a two-thirds threshold for suspension of the rules; that comes from this precedent.
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It has been suggested at times:
Alicia Smith@Alicia_Smith19Oct 5
The American mind cannot comprehend the thrill of a snap general election
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(Letcher never actually got to offer his substitute because the underlying resolution was tabled.)
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Or, as it’s often called, the ‘talking filibuster’.
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderioOct 1
Senate magic, baby
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Note that Moreno’s prompt to the chair was unnecessary.
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It was great that Lee got to try it out for himself a couple of days ago too.
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The Senate has made a real mess of this. 1. They forgot to withdraw the committee-reported amendment and have just ignored it. 2. When cloture was invoked, the chair forgot to rule out of order the pending motion to recommit. (The Record incorrectly lists it as still pending.)
Senate Cloakroom
@SenateCloakroomSep 23
Votes scheduled: At 10:45am, on Thursday, September 24th, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following: 1. Adoption of Cruz-Cantwell substitute amendment #6776 to Cal. #449, S.4668, Protect College Sports Act of 2026. 2. Motion to invoke cloture on Cal. #449, S.4668, Protect College Sports Act of 2026, as amended, if amended.
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??? I guess it’s nice that they remembered, but this really is not how it’s supposed to go. The committee-reported amendment should have been disposed of before Thune offered any floor amendments. If they wanted to tidy things up, it would have been better to do it by UC.
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4. Amending a bill after an amendment in the nature of a substitute has been agreed to (or more generally, amending only text that has already been amended) is irregular, but you can do anything by unanimous consent, and of course this is better than blocking amendments entirely.
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This law caused some issues in the House too.
Reese Gorman
@reesejgormanSep 23
New: An internal battle is boiling over between Rep. Kevin Hern and Sen. Alan Armstrong about who gets to serve out the remainder of the term after the election Yesterday, Oklahoma state Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton requested an AG opinion on the matter. Hern's team believes that state law says that if they win the election they get sworn into the Senate in November. Armstrong's team believes they get to serve until January because they argue he was appointed to fill out the remainder of the term. Additionally he wants to stay until permitting reform is done. Armstrong's attorney sent a letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sept. 11 asking that he request an AG opinion on the matter. Sources say Stitt has not yet requested an opinion. Hern has hired prominent Oklahoma attorney Glenn Coffee to help with any challenges. washingtonsun.com/us-news/ok…

Oklahoma Republicans Are at War Over Who Finishes Mullin’s Senate Term

The acting senator and the likely 2026 election winner both think the job is theirs until January.

washingtonsun.com
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