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  • From: "Cristobal Palmer" <cristobalpalmer AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Capturing the Senate
  • Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:12:46 -0500

Please do correct me and/or fill in the gaps. Here's my understanding:

The _caucus_ with the most members gets to set the agenda,
chairmanships, etc. etc. If you don't pick a caucus, you don't get a
nice seat on a committee.

Yes, the independents will have some extra power just because the Dems
need them, but perhaps not as much as you might think.

Note, for example:

http://democrats.senate.gov/members/

Lieberman is on that page (he ran as an independent). I kinda doubt
that's the webmaster being lazy.

-CMP

On 11/10/06, DonBartholf AT aol.com <DonBartholf AT aol.com> wrote:


OK - I admit to sleeping a lot during Civics 101. If the Dems have 49 seats
and the Reps have 49 seats and the Ind have 2 seats, how come the Dems get
control? I've seen little tag sentences that say the Ind. vote with the
Dems, but if so, they don't sound so independant. What if the Inds said they
were voting with the Reps? Sounds like the Inds could get some concessions
and or name a price to join a voting block


Don Bartholf
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