the house of representatives has the power to remove a senator from the senate.
the house of representatives has the power to remove a senator from the senate.
who has the power to remove a senator from the senate?
the house of representatives
the tennessee senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue regarding the state, country, or world. the senate also has the power to create and enforce its own rules and qualifications for its members. the senate shares these powers with the tennessee house of representatives. the senate alone has the power to host impeachment proceeding and remove impeached members of office with a 2/3 majority. the tennessee senate, according to the state constitution of 1870, is composed of 33 members, one-third the size of the tennessee house of representatives. senators are to be elected from districts of substantially equal population. according to the constitution, a county is not to be joined to a portion of another county for purposes of creating a district; this provision has been overridden by the rulings of the supreme court of the united states in "baker v. carr" (369 u.s. 182, 1962) and "reynolds v. sims" (337 u.s. 356, 1964). the tennessee constitution has been amended to allow that if these rulings are ever changed or reversed, a referendum may be held to allow the senate districts to be drawn on a basis other than substantially equal population.
tennessee senate
the senate was expected to debate the bill during the afternoon of september 23, 2013. the senate democrats were expected to try to remove the language from the bill that defunds the affordable care act, while senate republicans were expected to oppose such a move. senator mike lee said on meet the press that senate republicans push to the verge of a government shutdown, but that "the government will be funded." the house cancelled a planned week of recess with the expectation that they would receive a revised version of the bill back from the senate during that time. the senate worked on the bill from september 23 to september 27. on september 27, the senate voted in roll call vote 209 54-44 to amend the bill to remove the language that defunded the affordable care act. that vote was made after a vote to move forward with working on the bill, one which many republicans voted in favor of. this maneuver allowed the senate to vote on the bill, even with the affordable care act provisions removed, in order to send the bill back to the house. the senate republican leadership made this decision to avoid senate republicans from being blamed for the, then potential, government shutdown by leaving the next move up to the house. republicans were split on the move, however, with 25 republicans voting in favor of ending debate (thus allowed a vote on the bill) and 19 voting against it (which would prevent the democrats from easily rewriting the bill to remove the affordable care act provisions). the republicans opposed to this were primarily led by senator ted cruz. all republicans did vote against the final passage of the law, once the affordable care act provisions had been stripped out, a sign, according to senate minority leader mcconnell, that republicans were unified in their opposition to the affordable care act itself.
continuing appropriations resolution, 2014