Post #42930 by commonone on the US Policy board

Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy ❤

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (57)

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

No. of Recommendations: 6

Dope1: Then they could have had this easily in from 2009-2011.

How? Democrats only had a supermajority for about 60 legislative days.

First, Republicans contested Al Franken's election in Minnesota and he didn't get seated for seven months.

In May, Senator Byrd of West Virginia was hospitalized and his vote was unavailable.

In August, Senator Ted Kennedy died and it wasn't until February 4, 2010 that Republican Scott Brown was sworn into the seat Kennedy held.

The suggestion that Democrats had a veto-proof supermajority from 2009-2011 is another of those rightwing fairy tales.

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

Print the post

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (57)

Prev | Next

Announcements

US Policy FAQ

Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

A community forum supporting civilized, and highly helpful, self-educating investors that come together for Shrewdness and merry spirits. These message boards closely follow the look and feel of the old message boards at boards.fool.com prior to the boards redirected to discussion.fool.com. Shrewd'm is not affiliated with the comprehensive and excellent investment website, The Motley Fool (TMF), in any way. The Shrewd commmunity here has owed, and continues to owe, gratitude to The Motley Fool for nurturing a culture of jovial irreverence towards Wall St, and that tradition will continue here.