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Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in KentuckyThe legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State. The special election winner would hold the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term.
So it would be a direct voice of the people determining how the vacancy is filled, Republican Senate President Robert Stivers said while presenting the bill to his colleagues.
The state Senate voted 34-3 after a brief discussion to send the bill to Gov. Andy Beshear. The governor has denounced the measure as driven by partisanship, but the GOP supermajority legislature could override a veto when lawmakers reconvene for the final two days of this year's session in mid-April.
The bill's lead sponsor is Republican House Majority Floor Leader Steven Rudy. He has said the measure has nothing to do with McConnell, but instead reflected his long-running policy stance on how an empty Senate seat should be filled.
Rudy refers to McConnell as a great friend and a political mentor, and credits the states senior senator for playing an important role in the GOPs rise to dominance in the Kentucky legislature.
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)Say he would ignore the rule?
In It to Win It
(8,254 posts)This one would completely remove him so it doesn't require him to do anything.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)I'm being factious but I wouldn't be surprised. I half worry SCOTUS is trying to figure out how to give immunity to just Trump.
EarlG
(21,951 posts)With a supermajority they can pass a law which stymies the current governor (a Democrat), and then at some point in the future when the governor is a Republican they can just pass another law to undo it, if they want.
All while saying, "it would be a direct voice of the people determining how the vacancy is filled" -- never mind the fact that the people elected a Democratic governor in the first place.
Initech
(100,081 posts)getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)Mass has done something similar in the past.
Grins
(7,218 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,036 posts)Are they worried that Moscow Mitch is going to croak on the crapper? Or is Rand Paul not likely to recover from another ass whopping?