BIG NEWS: Speaker Mike Johnson Considers Recess Appointments to Push Through Trump’s Cabinet Picks Including Matt Gaetz if Senate Fails to Do Its Job
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This is what I didn't understand. How did the old GOP senators vote for the New leader when dinner of them won't be there. I know McConnell stepped down and didn't contest these recent elections but the new Senate should have appointed the new leader
I am not sure I fully understand your inquiry. But, I think this may be what you are questioning.
Senate Majority leader is not a Constitutional position unlike the Speaker of the House, which is a Constitutional office. Majority leader is more of a traditional office that is something handled by the Senate in house according to their own rules and procedures. This quick pick of a new Senate Majority leader was to preempt allowing the new Senate membership to make the decision. Their problem was that they were trying to do this on the DL and word got out about what they were trying to do. The Senate switchboard lit up like a Christmas tree with calls from angry Republicans. What the GOP was doing, although it be underhanded, was something they could do according to the Senate's own rules and procedures. It was simply maneuvering by the GOP to have some control over who the next Majority leader would be while they still would have a say - especially McConnell.