House and Senate division

What's going on in Washington, D.C.?

Moderators: carlson1, Charles L. Cotton

Post Reply
User avatar
dws1117
Senior Member
Posts: 1759
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:54 pm
Location: Spring, TX.

House and Senate division

Post by dws1117 »

Why are the independents/libertarians counted on side of the Democrats when counting for the majority is the House and Senate?

I know this is not totally gun related.
Top
KBCraig
Banned
Posts: 5251
Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 3:32 am
Location: Texarkana

Re: House and Senate division

Post by KBCraig »

dws1117 wrote:Why are the independents/libertarians counted on side of the Democrats when counting for the majority is the House and Senate?
They're not, automatically. They're counted for the side they intend to "caucus" with. In other words, with whom they'll vote for Speaker.

Joe Lieberman ran officially as an I, but in reality he's a D, and got counted as such. Bernie Sanders runs as an I, because it's impolitic to run as a Socialist, although he openly declares that to be his political leaning. But, since he caucuses with the Democrats, he gets lumped in with them for determining control of the House/Senate.

Kevin
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Federal”