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« on: September 01, 2015, 02:17:24 PM » |
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Let's say that Democrats gain a net of 5 Senate seats in 2016, and hold the Presidency (a fairly plausible scenario), but Heidi Heitkamp is elected Governor of North Dakota/Claire McCaskill is appointed Attorney General/for whatever reason some incumbent Democrat vacates their seat. Thus, the Senate stands at 50-49 R or 50-48 R, with some seats vacant. My basic question is -- is a majority of the entire Senate (51 seats or 50+VP) necessary to appoint the Senate Majority Leader, or just a majority of occupied Senate seats? If it is the first one, what happens when no one controls a majority of all Senate seats because of vacancies?
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