Democrats On Senate Floor

Mike lee charged senate democrats with being on the side of violent protesters he described as dimwitted phony drama addicts for opposing his resolution thursday condemning mob violence in the wake of nationwide demonstrations over the police killing of george floyd.

Democrats on senate floor.

Wednesday september 30 2020 08 52 pm. Statehood blasting the cause as a democratic power grab and calling for a floor vote to force moderate democrats to weigh in. The filibuster was used in august when senate minority leader chuck schumer tried to bring the house passed coronavirus relief bill to the floor. Mcconnell tears into democrats on the floor.

If democrats manage to hold the house of representatives and win back the senate and the white house in november the party will have full control of the federal government for the first time in. Tensions flared on the senate floor monday as lawmakers viscerally clashed on camera over phase three of a coronavirus response package with democrats blocking republican efforts to advance the. Then senate majority. One of these is a war powers resolution which if passed by the house can be put to the senate floor even by democrats who are in the minority.

Republican senators on wednesday escalated their campaign against d c. When mcconnell reacted on the senate floor some veteran reporters said that it was the angriest they ve ever seen him. Chuck grassley accused senate democrats in a fiery speech on the senate floor on wednesday of behaving like cowards by accusing him of falling victim to a russian disinformation campaign regarding joe biden while ignoring allegations that russian intelligence operatives planted false information in the democrat funded steele dossier.