When members of the U.S. Senate returned for the second half of Tuesday’s impeachment proceedings, they were probably not expecting a breakdown of the mechanics…
Soon, a new crop of senators will make their way to Washington to help run America. Some may even want to brighten up their Senate desks with a nice vase of flowers. Except that’s not allowed. And if they want to quench their thirst, they ll find their beverage options severely limited by a decades-old precedent. It’s just part of the many peculiarities of life in the U.S. Senate. Here s the history behind five rules every senator needs to follow.
1. Senators can only drink water or milk on the Senate floor.
Vice President Spiro Agnew (left), Senator Dirksen (middle), and President Richard Nixon (right).National Archives and Records Administration, Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
indignation that somebody would tamper with the peace process that could end a war. senator dirksen delivers the message to the nixon camp. the very next morning, sunday, two days before the election. richard nixon launches his cover up on live tv. i want to make it very clear in every one of my public statements and including in meet the press, i stand with the president to in regards to get the paris negotiations after making that lie nixon doubles down in his cover up in a very private call. mr. president. yes. this is dick nixon. yes, dick. this conversation is a master class in political sub text and subject fuji. i just wanted to know that
election. when you hear johnson talking to dirksen. you hear in johnson this master politician who s used threatening tactics throughout his political career to achieve ends. classic johnson. get to the head of the republican party to try to get nixon to do this. i m reading their hand. i don t want to get this in the campaign. and they oughtn t to be doing this. this is treason. i know. they are contacting a foreign power in the middle of a war. that is a mistake. and it is a damn bad mistake. you just tell them that their people are messing around in this thing and if they don t want it on the front pages they better quit it. he s holding up the prospect of going public with this explosive story. at the same time you can hear johnson s palpable anger and
ends. it s classic johnson. it s classic. you know, get to the head of the republican party to try to get nixon to do this. i m reading their hand everett, i don t want to get this in the campaign. and they ought to be doing this, this is treason. i know. they re contacting a foreign power in the middle of a war. that s a mistake. it s a bad mistake, you tell them that their people are messing around in this thing. if they don t want it on the front pages, they have to quit it. he s olding out the prospect of going public with this explosive story. the same time, you can hear johnson s palpable anger and indignation that somebody would tamper with the peace process that could end a war. senator dirksen delivers the message to the nixon camp.