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Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> 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.

Bernie Sanders, nominally a Socialist, was elected to the Senate from
Vermont.  He's been a member of the House for years and has always
caucused with Democrats for leadership votes.

Joseph Lieberman has been nominally a Democrat and even received the
Democratic Party nomination for Vice President in 2004.  He only became
an "independent" this year when the filthy turncoat betrayed his party
after losing the Senate nomination to Ned Lamont and ran on his own.
This was a good political calculation on his part because he did succeed
in getting re-elected to the Senate on the strength of his personal base
in the state.  Lieberman has promised to caucus with the Democrats as
well.

These two independents will give the Democrats control of the Senate.

Thomas

> 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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