With the geniuses we have in our government, there's a chance that many of them will get infected. What happens? This is a legitimately scary thought and a possibility.
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If much of the US Senate and Congress are incapacitated by the virus, what happens?
- Thread starter Cow Mengde
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How is it a possibility? If the virus can incapacitate the entire senate and country to the degree you are describing than the rest of the country will have already been fucked.
State rules differ on how to replace members of Congress. It's not likely to happen though as most people who get it are either asymptomatic or have mild to moderate symptoms where they could just vote remotely.
It's possible to change the Senate rules, which McConnell has been against.
Can Congress Vote Remotely? Well … Maybe.
Last Wednesday, two U.S. representatives — Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida and Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams of Utah — tested positive for the new …
fivethirtyeight.com
It had been my understanding that the quarantined senators had already been voting on the recent procedural votes but I guess I was wrong. They would be idiots to not alter the rules in the situation and I'm sure they will soon enough as more members are unable to attend. Even McConnell isn't stupid enough to realize that they're going to have to change the rules once they're down to less than 80 senators present.
easy the states handle things............like they have been doing this entire fucking pandemic.....or at least mine has been.
How to make sure Congress can still function if its members are quarantined
America has not planned for this contingency.
www.vox.com
Rand Paul will disappear into the force like a jedi, content with the knowledge that he destroyed the government.
There is no evidence that the virus can even transmit to a turtle.
The fact that some people think the senate is doing nothing is sad.
They're doing plenty to pack the courts with enough conservatives to wreck a generation.
They're doing plenty to pack the courts with enough conservatives to wreck a generation.
I don't know about that. Many of them fall into the danger age bracket if they get Covid 19.
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