[EL] State-level continuity of governance-

[Mark Scarberry]

In a more civilized time, Senators would pair, I think, so that absence of
a Republican Senator would be balanced by the abstaining of a Democratic
Senator. There may be list members who know what the conditions were (or
are) under which pairing would occur. Perhaps that will happen now, if
Democrats believe Republicans otherwise really would show up in hazmat
suits.

If the question was whether the stimulus bill could be passed without the
presence of the quarantined Republican Senators, perhaps that has become
moot. See
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-senate-democrats-said-to-reach-stimulus-bill-deal-11585113371?mod=djemalertNEWS
.

Mark

[image: Pepperdine wordmark]*Caruso School of Law*

*Mark S. Scarberry*

*Professor of Lawmark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu
<mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu>*




On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:06 PM David Segal <david at demandprogress.org>
wrote:

> The Republicans are apparently saying that they are prepared to have their
> quarantined members come in and vote while wearing hazmat suits.
>
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