I didn't mention Booosh!!, talking point idiot/Pavlov's dog. Just the mindless obstructionist GOP the last 7 years...
Franco hater dupe, didn't Obama have both houses of congress his first two years?
Are you sure you didn't get ahold of some bad meth?
No, he didn't, dupe. 13 DAYS in session. Everything you know is Pubcrappe, dupe.
No, he didn't, dupe. 13 DAYS in session.
He only had majorities in the House and Senate for 13 days? LOL!
I didn't mention Booosh!!, talking point idiot/Pavlov's dog. Just the mindless obstructionist GOP the last 7 years...
Franco hater dupe, didn't Obama have both houses of congress his first two years?
Are you sure you didn't get ahold of some bad meth?
No, he didn't, dupe. 13 DAYS in session. Everything you know is Pubcrappe, dupe.
No, he didn't, dupe. 13 DAYS in session.
He only had majorities in the House and Senate for 13 days? LOL!
Eat shytte and die, hater dupe. Everything you know is bs. Only 200 filibusters while he "had control"...lol
Democrats only had a veto proof majority for 24 working days | Fact Left
Here is a time-line of the events after the 2008 election:
1. BALANCE BEFORE THE ELECTION. In 2007 – 2008 the balance in the Senate was
51-49 in favor of the Democrats. On top of that, there was a Republican president who would likely veto any legislation the Republicans didn’t like. Not exactly a super majority.
2. BIG GAIN IN 2008, BUT STILL NO SUPER MAJORITY. Coming out the 2008 election, the Democrats made big gains, but they didn’t immediately get a Super Majority. The Minnesota Senate race required a recount and was not undecided for more than six months. During that time, Norm Coleman was still sitting in the Senate and the Balance
59-41, still not a Super Majority.
3. KENNEDY GRAVELY ILL. Teddy Kennedy casthis last vote in April and left Washington for good around the first of May. Technically he could come back to Washington vote on a pressing issue, but in actual fact, he never returned, even to vote on the Sotomayor confirmation. That left the balance in the Senate
58-41,two votes away from a super majority.
4. STILL NO SUPER MAJORITY. In July, Al Frankin was finally declared the winner and was sworn in on July 7th, 2009, so the Democrats finally had a Super Majority of
60-40 six and one-half months into the year. However, by this point, Kennedy was unable to return to Washington even to participate in the Health Care debate, so it was only a
technical super majority because Kennedy could no longer vote and the Senate does not allow proxies. Now the actual actual balance of voting members was
59-40 not enough to overcome a Republican filibuster.
5. SENATE IS IN RECESS. Even if Kennedy were able to vote, the Senate went into summer recess three weeks later, from August 7th to September 8th.
6. KENNEDY DIES. Six weeks later, on Aug 26, 2009 Teddy Kennedy died, putting the balance at
59-40.Now the Democrats don’t even have technical super majority.
7. FINALLY, A SUPER MAJORITY! Kennedy’s replacement was sworn in on September 25, 2009, finally making the majority
60-40, just enough for a super majority.
8. SENATE ADJOURNS. However the Senate adjourned for the year on October 9th,
only providing 11 working days of super majority, from September 25th to October 9th.
9. SPECIAL SESSIONS. During October, November and December, the Senate had several special sessions to deal with final passage of ACA and Budget appropriations.
October = 13th – 15th, 20th – 22nd, 27th, 29th =
8 days
November = 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th 16th, 17th, 19th, 21st =
8 days
December = 1st, 3rd - 8th, 10th – 13th, 15th – 18th, 19th, 21st – 24th =
20 days
Total Special Session Days = 36.
8. SCOTT BROWN ELECTED. Scott Brown was elected on January 19th 2010. The Senate was in session for 10 days in January, but Scott Brown wasn’t sworn into office on February 4th, so
the Democrats only had 13 days of super majority in 2010.
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