[EL] State-level continuity of governance-

[Hugh L Brady]

Pairs are a private and personal agreement between senators and under
orderly procedure, neither the Senate nor the presiding officer intervene
in matters relating to pairs. If a paired senator inadvertently votes,
under orderly procedure the senator obtains unanimous consent to vacate his
vote and consent is usually granted.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 1:43 AM Mark Scarberry <
mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu> wrote:

> 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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