with the help of 2 independents and two republican senators. And despite the majority of republicans.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yet Obamacare passed. > > . > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> no several years of republican filibustering in the senate. Before you >> state that the the Democratic party had the majority during this time >> they never had a supermajority. With the current rules it requires >> over 60 votes to pass a bill. The Democrats since 2008 had at the most >> 58 seats. Moreover McConnell did state that he'd do everything he >> could to make Obama a one term president. So they've been thoroughly >> obstructionist since. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345085 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
