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Re: TaxiCaT post# 241491

Tuesday, 12/25/2012 9:50:38 PM

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 9:50:38 PM

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That's a popular myth, but majority doesn't equal control. It takes 60 votes to get anything past the Senate, and the Dems only had 56-58 between 2009-2011. The Senate could pass a budget resolution without the cooperation of the house or without the 60 votes, but that resolution would not take effect; it would be an empty gesture.

"The single most important thing we want to achieve," McConnell said, "is for President Obama to be a one-term president."

No word yet on what their new single most important thing to achieve is...
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