I Just Noticed Something On MSNBC Re: Impeachment In The Senate....

[global1]

It said: Supermajority of 67 votes needed if all 100 Senators are present.

What if let's say 29 Repug Senators don't show up for the trial? Does that reduce the supermajority of votes needed to impeach to around 47?

Am I interpreting that the right way?

[hlthe2b]

1. Theoretically, yes.

[global1]

3. So If A Repug Senator Doesn't Want To Go On The Record For This Vote.....

all they have to do is not show up for the vote.

[OneBlueDotBama]

2. The Red flu

They need a Quorum, then 2/3rds of the members present to convict.

[global1]

4. What Constitutes A Quorum In The Senate?....nt

[gordianot]

5. 51 senators when I searched.

[meow2u3]

6. 51

https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Rules_and_Procedure_vrd.htm

[global1]

8. Interesting As Up Till Before I Saw This On MSNBC I Always Assumed That 67 Votes.....

was the magic number.

It has got me thinking - why would MSNBC state it the way they did today?

Why would they say 'if all 100 Senators are present'?

Is there anything going on behind the scenes that would lead MSNBC to say it in such a way?

[OneBlueDotBama]

7. 51 & pence can't vote...

[sinkingfeeling]

9. So, urge GOP Senators to boycott the impeachment.

[MineralMan]

10. Why would they not show up?

I think that's some kind of magical thinking or something. They'll be there - every last Republican will be there. It's foolish to think they will stay away from this.

Maybe we can keep this real, you know...

[sanatanadharma]

12. Bad-lax brownies at lunch

Surely there is a poor-sighted cook or baker with guts somewhere in the bowels of the cafeteria.

Where is the whether-or-not underground when we need them? Got to run...

[lastlib]

16. Polonium sammich from Apparat-Chik-Fil-A?

eom

[ripcord]

18. Don't get your hopes up

McConnell would just reschedule the vote.

[FM123]

11. Yep.

According to Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe, this is how the the GOP can theoretically convict trump without having to actually vote him out.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/12/1891991/-How-the-GOP-Can-Convict-Trump-without-Voting-Him-Out

[bigbrother05]

13. So ... Don't Impeach, GO(p) to the Beach

Not very likely, but flooding GOP Senators with the idea that not showing up could save their seat.

If enough stayed away, we could get a majority even if not enough to convict.

[FM123]

17. Catchy phrase!

Would look good on a bumper sticker or T-shirt.

[Cartoonist]

14. Mitch and Lindsey should be forced to recuse themselves.

Along with any other repub who has said their minds are made up.

[bearsfootball516]

15. That's true, but there's no shot of that happening.

If they're afraid of going on the record as voting for removal, not showing up is basically the same thing.