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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Actually; presently 236 democrats to 203 republicans in the House and 49 each 
in the Senate, with two "independents" (Lieberman, who, except for Iraq, 
always votes with Democats, caucauses with em them and is allowed by them a 
committee chairmanship. And; Bernie Sanders (Socialist) who always votes with 
the democrats, and caucauses with them.  

In both caes, democrats have more than the simple majority that is needed to 
pass a bill.  

...sleepyeyedbobford


          
House

Membership 
435 Members 
4 Delegates 
1 Resident 
Commissioner 
Party Divisions 
235 Democrats 
199 Republicans 
0 Independents 
1 Vacancies 
Senate

Membership 
100 Senators
(Vice President votes in case of a tie) 
Party Divisions 
49 Democrats 
49 Republicans 
2 Independents 




--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] @ akka
> To: akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 1:43 AM
> 233 to 230 in the House.  Dead even in the Senate unless you
> count the 
> Independants as Dems (Liberman, for example).
> 
> The fuss was that they finally, after quite a few years,
> had a simple 
> majority AND, silly them, thought they could get enough
> other folks to vote 
> with them.  Well, as soon as the tide turned, the majority
> of the folks who 
> used to vote about the subject and not about the Party,
> changed back to 
> voting along straight party lines.
> 
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Akka Homestead"
> <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com>
> 
> Wow. I thought they did have a 2/3 voting majority. So what
> was all the fuss 
> about in '06? Did they just break 50% and want the
> public to think they had 
> control? I don't get it.
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Now, let's keep the history accurate. I hate to
> upset the ol' Repub
> > thinking but y'all do know and understand that
> ol' Read My Lips and Billy
> > Boy were and are thick as thieves and have been for
> decades? Y'all do
> > realise that about half the things that Billy Boy gets
> credited with were
> > begun by ol' Read My Lips and Billy Boy just
> continued? China being one of
> > them and "playing" with Korea being the
> other. Not to mention that NCLB
> > isn't a brain fart thought up by Dumbya but rather
> the culmination of
> > something begun by ol' Read My Lips, and continued
> by Billy Boy? Just like
> > NAFTA and half a dozen other things.
> 
> 
> I pretty much believe all of the above. It is one of my pet
> peeves that we 
> blame presidents for things, when the roots of problems can
> usually be found 
> in another administration. Those roots pass by unnoticed
> until later. It is 
> one of the reasons I don't bash too much-I can't be
> sure of who is really to 
> blame.
> 
> 
> >
> > Lynda, who learned a LONG time ago that one should
> either grow a thick 
> > hide
> > or get the hay you off the net! Folks can't play
> whack-a-mole if the mole
> > whacks back <g>
> 
> I'm learnin', give me time.
> 
> Akka
> 
> 
> 
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