Georgia Certification Complete, Ossoff And Warnock Set For Swearing In

Georgia’s secretary of state announced Tuesday afternoon that the runoff elections have been officially certified, clearing the way for Sens.-Elect Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) to be sworn in on Wednesday.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1355386
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Could this day get any better?

Other than a well placed embolism?

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One of the Gwinnett County Republican Party’s two representatives on the bipartisan county elections board told fellow members of the GOP that she favors major elections changes at the local and state levels, including a move away from no excuse absentee voting for many Georgians.

Alice O’Lenick, who is the Gwinnett Board of Registrations and Elections chairwoman for 2021 and 2022, encouraged members of her party to write letters and make phone calls to state legislators to encourage them to make changes to state elections laws.

“They don’t have to change all of them [laws], but they’ve got to change the major parts of them so that we at least have a shot at winning.”

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Unless the filibuster is eliminated much of the talk about how to structure committees and share power is moot.

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No power-sharing. No mercy, no quarter. Kill the filibuster after the first time it’s used.

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I thought you weren’t supposed to say the quiet part out loud.

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No Dem majority on Senate comittees? To wax Trump Insurrectionist, “fuck that fuckin’ shit, dude.”

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clearing the way for Sens.-Elect Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) to be sworn in on Wednesday.

Everybody’s trying to upstage Biden’s inauguration.

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Both times in recent years, Senate Democrats have agreed to this.

Almost like lambs to the slaughter.

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The GOP has a brain tumor and there is no quiet part anymore.

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I know. Very annoying if they prove that, yet again, they’ve failed to learn any lessons in that the ‘old ways’ are long dead in the Senate.

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It’s the “cancel culture” thing that they don’t believe in, except when they are disenfranchising citizens.

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If they prove”?

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I’m holding out hope that Schumer may not be a pushover, and will hold the line.

But as a lifelong Democrat, I’m used to watching the party leadership cave when it matters.

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Ouch, that’s gonna leave a mark…

Pence not expected to attend Trump’s departure ceremony tomorrow, sources say

And. oh yes, the treasonous douchebag from Missouri is at it again.

GOP Sen. Hawley blocks quick consideration of Biden’s Homeland Security nominee

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Trump has been Mike Dropped!

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Censure Ted Cruz every week.

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In 2001 the tiebreaker was Cheney (unless you count 17 days of Gore still being Vice President and Senate President). I would say that power-sharing was the best Democrats could conceivably achieve at the time. Of course, there should be no power sharing this time around.

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Hawley is already blocking Biden’s DHS nominee.

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We agree. Let’s see what Schumer thinks.

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