sciencewhiz
Diamond Member
Here is the way I understand it, please correct me if I am wrong.
When the Senate meets in January, there is a 50/50 split and Vice-President Gore is still in office and thus casts the deciding vote. The Dems elect their canidate with a 51/50 margin.
After January 20, the Vice-President is Dick Cheney who would cast all deciding votes for the republicans. In essence, we have a Republican majority in the Senate, but there is a Democratic Senate Majority leader :Q
Doesn't the majority leader make the final decisions on the calender? In this case the Democratic Majority leader would not want anything done after January 20 because the republican's would win the close votes. Because of this the senate doesn't do anything for 2 years until the next election.
Am I off-base here?
When the Senate meets in January, there is a 50/50 split and Vice-President Gore is still in office and thus casts the deciding vote. The Dems elect their canidate with a 51/50 margin.
After January 20, the Vice-President is Dick Cheney who would cast all deciding votes for the republicans. In essence, we have a Republican majority in the Senate, but there is a Democratic Senate Majority leader :Q
Doesn't the majority leader make the final decisions on the calender? In this case the Democratic Majority leader would not want anything done after January 20 because the republican's would win the close votes. Because of this the senate doesn't do anything for 2 years until the next election.
Am I off-base here?
