Democratic Supermajority

California-style Supermajority Dysfunction Heads to DC

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

Californians have lived through years of government gridlocked by rules that require a supermajority legislature ripped by partisanship. Washington could now mirror the Golden State's breathtaking dysfunction.

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Dems Find Supermajority Hasn't Changed Balance Of Power

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. And Paul Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats spent their first full day holding 60 votes just as they have spent the previous 2 1/2 years without such a supermajority: scrambling...

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Harry Reid: 60 Votes Doesn't Mean Anything

New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 05.25.2011

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"We have 60 votes on paper," Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, said Wednesday in an interview. "But we cannot bulldoze anybody; it doesn't work...

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