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There's a remedy for Senators who leave the chamber (Original Post) New Breed Leader Jan 2020 OP
Doesn't work for us TV viewers... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #1
Or lock the door behind them titaniumsalute Jan 2020 #2
If they leave, they should not be allowed back in. patricia92243 Jan 2020 #3
simpler to lock the door IMO. EOM TruckFump Jan 2020 #4
They were told they would be imprisoned if they spoke. So shouldn't Maraya1969 Jan 2020 #5
They were told they would be subject to imprisonment if they spoke during the articles' exhibition onenote Jan 2020 #7
I just called and asked them why they were in danger of being imprisoned Maraya1969 Jan 2020 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Jan 2020 #8
Not a bad idea. crickets Jan 2020 #9
Word. New Breed Leader Jan 2020 #10

Wounded Bear

(58,755 posts)
1. Doesn't work for us TV viewers...
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 11:52 AM
Jan 2020

they intentionally don't let us see the floor, just the dais and the speakers.

onenote

(42,796 posts)
7. They were told they would be subject to imprisonment if they spoke during the articles' exhibition
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 12:08 PM
Jan 2020

That time is long past.

II. When the managers of an impeachment shall be introduced at the bar of the Senate and shall signify that they are ready to exhibit articles of impeachment against any person, the Presiding Officer of the Senate shall direct the Sergeant at Arms to make proclamation, who shall, after making proclamation, repeat the following words, viz: ``All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment, while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States articles of impeachment against ------ ------''; after which the articles shall be exhibited, and then the Presiding Officer of the Senate shall inform the managers that the Senate will take proper order on the subject of the impeachment, of which due notice shall be given to the House of Representatives.

Maraya1969

(22,508 posts)
6. I just called and asked them why they were in danger of being imprisoned
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 12:05 PM
Jan 2020

if they speak but not if they get up and leave?

The man was nice, took my name and number and said he would pass the message along.

Response to Maraya1969 (Reply #6)

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