Democratic Supermajority

Dems Find Supermajority Hasn't Changed Balance Of Power

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. And Paul Kane | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


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...

Harry Reid: 60 Votes Doesn't Mean Anything

New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


"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...