Why Is The Senate Parliamentarian So Powerful?

Civics 101

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🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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There's someone who knows the rules in the Senate. All the rules. And nothing gets by them. Today we learn about one of the most powerful, least-seen, and most nonpartisan positions in Washington DC.

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0:00.0	Is it the contention of the chair that under the rules of the Senate, I am not allowed
0:09.0	to accurately describe public views of Senator Sessions?
0:13.7	I want to play this clip from February of 2017.
0:17.3	Sure, go ahead.
0:18.3	Senator Elizabeth Warren is found in violation of Senate rule 19 and is being cautioned by
0:24.3	the chair.
0:25.3	The chair is not made a ruling as respect to the Senate's comments.
0:28.5	The Senator is following process and tradition by reminding the Senate to set the choosehits
0:33.0	of the rule.
0:34.0	Standard procedural stuff, right?
0:36.4	But I cut something out.
0:38.0	This is what it really sounded like.
0:42.1	The chair is not made a ruling as respect to the Senate's comments.
0:47.6	The Senator is following process and tradition.
0:50.3	By reminding the Senator from the Senate.
0:53.3	By reminding the Senate to set the choosehits.
0:54.3	Wait, someone is just feeding him lines.
0:56.6	This is happening in the Senate.
0:58.2	It happens every day in the Senate.
1:01.3	So, I've read a few articles about you and people tend to refer you in sports metaphors.
1:08.6	Like, you're a referee or an umpire.
1:12.2	Is that accurate?
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