Hi there,

Trump and the Republicans have proven for the last four years that they have no respect for precedent or common decency -- from silencing opponents in Congress to ramming through a lame duck Supreme Court appointment, against their own objections four years ago.

So what if Democrats broke out the bare knuckles, too, and actually got some things done while Biden and Harris are in office?

LegBranch, an organization dedicated to congressional reform, offers some suggestions. They explain how it's merely through "long-standing practice" that the Senate Majority Leader moves "to proceed to the Senate's floor business," and that "in reality, any rank-and-file member, or the minority leader, can make a motion to proceed to a bill or nominee on the Senate floor. They simply choose not to and instead defer to the majority leader to do so."

In other words, why should Mitch McConnell be allowed to kill any bill he chooses? With Kamala Harris soon to take the Senate president's chair, what if she started recognizing Democratic senators instead of giving the Grim Reaper a monopoly on legislation?

With this workaround, Democrats could open up the floor to force the GOP to vote on popular Democratic bills they'd otherwise rather avoid. It'd be a bold move for the Democrats, but they might be more likely to pursue it if they had the backing of the American people: could you tell us where you stand?

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