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So, wait, do Republicans want to be present or absent? Politics is complicated.
I think it’s a rubber stamp unless they have don’t have a quorum (not an expert, just spitballing here…)
I think they need to have a quorum. Therefore if they are not there, there can be no votes. One party can try as hard as they want to drive things through, but they need a quorum. Therefore quorum calls and Sargent-at-arms. They need to have at least 51 senators present for a quorum. I don’t think they are allowed to vote without the quorum. So, no rubber stamping without a quorum.
There were a couple of hearings going on which I think is what caused issues with a quorum because there often were not 51 Members in the chamber which allowed Republicans to question voting.
Yeah Republicans fumbled the ball and let some judges get through that caused an outcry on X because so many Republicans were gone.