We know you don't have any idea. But just fake it.
Dems have 51% of the seats in the House.
Dems have 51% of the seats in the Senate.
Any time a bill needs to be passed, it requires Republicans to sign off on it. Dems don't blindly tow the party near as much as Republicans.
Lets use the Senate as an example because any higher numbers and I know I'd lose half of you:
There are 51 Democratic Senators.
There are 49 Republican Senators.
Unless all 51 vote the exact same way, Dems will not have enough to pass Dem sponsored legislation.
In the event they do manage to pass a bill, it then goes before Bush so he can veto it.
Once Bush gives it a veto, it is then sent back to Congress. Congress then has to vote again, and if they do not have 2/3 of the vote, they cannot override the veto.
(2/3 of the Senate would be 67 votes, so that would require at LEAST 16 Republicans to sign off on the bill)
I'm gonna post this every day until it sinks in.
2007-06-26
09:43:17
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