This year, the Senate has demonstrated the importance of a single
vote. Betsy DeVos’s controversial confirmation as education secretary
happened only with the tiebreaking vote of Vice President Pence. In late
March, Pence again broke a tie on legislation limiting federal funds to
abortion providers.
And last month, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
defeated the GOP’s effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act with a
single flick of his thumb.
There’s more on the way. Later this
fall, President Trump’s agenda could be impeded by a one-man blockade,
Sen. Robert Menendez, who by then could be a felon.
The trial of
the New Jersey Democrat, indicted two years ago on corruption charges,
is set to begin Sept. 6 in a federal courthouse in Newark. A 12-person
jury was seated this week. The trial is expected to last well into
October; by Halloween, Menendez could be the first sitting senator in
nine years to become a felon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/in-the-year-of-the-deciding-vote-one-democrats-corruption-trial-could-change-the-senate--or-not/2017/08/24/d416ec2c-88e4-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html?utm_term=.f6679fe96216
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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