I will not be supporting Biden in the primaries. [Powers of the President of the Senate]

Biden couldnt do squat of course. The Veep has very little power in the Senate.

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Here’s the juniorest Senator of all shutting up the Senator from Insurancecticut; he makes clear that he is doing so in his capacity as Member rather than acting President (though I wonder if he’d have had the gumption to rise if he weren’t sitting on the dais).

The punchline comes at the 0:40 mark but stick around if you want to hear what John McCain, war hero and Sarah Palin’s running mate, thinks about it.

Not sure what side of this you are falling on, that Biden could or could not shut McConnell down. Franken was objecting as a member to the rubber-stamp unanimous consent usually given for more time. Standard parliamentary practice that other Senators have used including McCain a day or two before the video.

You know, I’m starting to wonder if Franken was acting as a Member! Did you think of that? :slight_smile:

As for which side I’m on, I thought I’d stated that unambiguously but let me repeat myself:
I’m very firmly on, and fully committed to, the side of Does Not Know the Answer.
At least one previous thread that sought to disambiguate Senate rules met with confused contradictory answers. My ignorant . impression is that the D’s always need 60 votes, but the Republicans often make do with “babble babble reconciliation babble” and get their will with 50 votes. Who decides whether a matter qualifies as “reconciliation”? It ain’t the police. AFAIK Scotus has never ruled on such a thing.