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[Toddsterpatriot]

they have a shot at getting a very small majority in Congress; they will need at least 17 more seats, so they will have to hump it hard

Republicans currently hold 209 seats in the House.
Why do you feel they need to gain 17 seats to have a majority?

 

[DudleySmith]

Republicans didn't control congress during the Reagan Administration.

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They did control the senate off and on but never with a large enough majority to prevent filibusters.

A rather stupid argument considering Democrats barely control Congress or the Senate now. Then there is the fact of Reagan's budgets he himself turned in to Congress and the bills he signed as well.

 

[DudleySmith]

Republicans currently hold 209 seats in the House.
Why do you feel they need to gain 17 seats to have a majority?

So ... how many seats do you think there are in Congress? Like. zillions, dude? They will need at least a few more than half to win any power over Democrats, as there are always outliers, via indies and rogue Republicans, as we've seen. 17 more probably aren't enough.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

A rather stupid argument considering Democrats barely control Congress or the Senate. The there is the fact of Reagan's budget he himself turned in to Congress and the bills he signed as well.

The fact is, Republicans never controlled congress During the Reagan Administration as was claimed.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Republicans currently hold 209 seats in the House.
Why do you feel they need to gain 17 seats to have a majority?

Giminy Christmas.

There are 535 seats in total in the US congress, 100 are in the Senate.

535-100=435.

435-209=? What does that equal?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

So ... how many seats do you think there are in Congress?

435. Which means 218 is the majority.

You may want to recheck your math.