“We are talking about a coordinated effort of eight senators, with the knowledge of Leader Schumer, voting to break with the entire Democratic Party,” said the New York Democrat.

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    They’re not. It’s absolutely something that should have been implemented, but there just isn’t any mechanism for legally ousting sitting Senators other than them being indicted on criminal charges. Otherwise Fetterman would have been gone ages ago and would never have been able to participate in this farcical “deal”.

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      19 hours ago

      Senators can be expelled if 67 of them vote for it, but that’s about it. Which means if the Republicans ever got 67 Senators, there would never be a Democrat or Independent in there again.