When democrats have 50 already, the only have 49. If they win Viginia it will be 50/50. Is it because the Vice president, Dick Cheney, is the deciding vote in the event of a tie?
2006-11-08 05:50:16 · 11 answers · asked by jabbett86 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Puerto Rico does not have reprensentation in the senate, that is because it is a territory of the US. And there are not any Independent Senators, or for that matter any Independent Representatives, Chris!
2006-11-08 06:00:03 · update #1
Exactly right. The VP has the deciding vote. If the VP was a dem, then the Republicans would need 51 seats to maintain a majority.
Sue
2006-11-08 05:55:00 · answer #1 · answered by newbiegranny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vice-President of the United States is president of the Senate and breaks any ties.
Have you forgotten already?
The Senate was tied 50-50 from 2001-2003 and Cheney regularly broke ties in the Senate.
2006-11-08 05:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all, there are actually 102 seats in the Senate (Puerto Rico get's representation too). There are 3 independants, which means there are 99 seats taken up by Republican's and Democrats combined. 50 of 99 is the majority.
2006-11-08 05:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by Chris C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Senate management isn't desperate via what number Senators are contributors of your party - it is whoever gets the main votes. by way of fact Lieberman and Sanders are predicted to vote with the Democrats on all procedural concerns, the Dems are the final public party even nevertheless, technically, they don't have a majority of the contributors.
2016-12-14 03:45:57 · answer #4 · answered by tollefson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Republican VP holds a tie breaker so the Republicans would have a majority but it is likely that they would have co-chairs in many of the committees because of the 50/50 split.
2006-11-08 05:52:50 · answer #5 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Cheney, as President of the Senate, votes to break ties.
2006-11-08 05:52:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
With a repulican in the Vice President position he gets the tie breaker vote.
2006-11-08 05:52:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Dick Chenney!
2006-11-08 05:57:01 · answer #8 · answered by It's Me! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. If they take Virginia, it will be 51-49 Dem. Right now it is evenly split.
2006-11-08 05:54:08 · answer #9 · answered by rrticulate1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Correctamundo!
2006-11-08 05:57:38 · answer #10 · answered by Wounded duckmate 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋