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Can the VP technically take over the Senate by ignoring certain precedents?
Here's an article about possible "hardball" tactics Democrats could use under Biden/Harris, if they don't get control of the Senate: https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/11/potential-constitutional-hardball-in-a-republican-controlled-senate/
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Who is the oldest parliamentarian (legislator) on record?
In the US, there are at least three parliamentarians (two Senators and one in the House of Representatives) who are 87 years old. Are there even older people who serve or served in such positions elsewhere in the world? What is the age record for…
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What actions have governments critical of Macron's response to the murder of Samuel Paty called for?
Following the murder of Samuel Paty in France two weeks ago, Emmanuel Macron gave a speech [fr] in which he defended freedom of expression and said "we won't give up on caricatures". This speech caused a massive backlash in the Muslim world, with…
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Given a 4-4 tie, how would the Supreme Court determine results for a contested election?
Consider a hypothetical scenario in which there are eight Supreme Court justices at the time election results are being determined (ie, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat has not been filled and there is no possibility for a tie-breaker vote). In the event…
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Do any other countries take as long as the US to transfer government power following an election?
In most countries with an elected government, the incumbent prime minister (or whatever the office is called) resigns shortly before the election is called, and the newly elected prime minister takes office almost immediately after the election.
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How do Republicans explain consistently losing the popular vote in presidential elections since 1992?
I was wondering about how the Republican Party has only won the popular vote once in three decades in a presidential election. Seven out of eight presidential popular votes were won by Democrats. This is a record for either party in winning the…
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Does the Chinese Consulate in Houston have to comply with the closure order?
According to Politico:
The head of the Chinese Consulate in Houston won’t commit to closing the office — a direct threat of defiance to the State Department’s demand that it be shut down by Friday.
In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO, Cai…
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Can the police unions be dissolved?
One of the demands of Black Lives Matter (BLM) is to de-fund the police. At the center of it are the police unions, since the contracts are negotiated through the police unions. My question is as follows:
Can the police unions be dissolved…
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Post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship: Why (not) Canada?
While the UK seems to pushing for an FTA with the EU similar to the one between the EU and Canada (or Japan or South Korea), the EU seems to have said no to this immediately on the grounds of geography, that is, the UK is too geographically close to…
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Why do betting odds give Michael Bloomberg 10% chance of winning the Democratic nomination?
Currently https://www.electionbettingodds.com/ give Michael Bloomberg a bit over 10% chance of winning the Democratic nomination.
Since he is polling single digits(not even close to double digits) 4th or 5th nationally this seems weird to me.
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew is switching parties over Trump impeachment: has this ever happened before?
New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew has switched parties from Democrat to Republican over the House of Representatives' vote to impeach President Trump, citing its partisan nature and the political pressure he had received to vote along the…
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Are members of the military allowed to wear civilian clothes when testifying in Congress?
The question is sparked by the attention that media has to military personnel wearing dress uniform when testifying in front of a US Congress committee, calling it "pulling the soldier card" in regard to Lt Col Vindman.
Also, US congressman from…
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Did Obama notify Congress (the Intelligence committees in particular) that the bin Laden raid was ongoing?
Trump said recently that he did not notify Congress that the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was ongoing because Trump feared a leak from Congress. So he only notified Congress after the US troops had egressed from that mission.
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Why are the Ukraine related congressional hearings behind closed doors?
A series of high profile witnesses have recently testified in US congressional hearings about Ukraine, particularly including Marie Yovanovitch (Oct. 11, 2019) and Gordon Sondland (Oct. 17, 2019). As far as I can tell, all such testimony has been…
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Do European politicians typically put their pronouns on their social media pages?
Probably in an effort to embrace or promote transfeminism, some US politicians now list their pronouns on their twitter pages, e.g. Elizabeth Warren lists "she/her". (It's a big cultural trend to ask and tell it in many US campuses at least in the…
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