"Having just three Senate Republicans on board means Democrats are clinging to a razor-thin majority in the Senate where a few members of the minority are needed to advance difficult legislation."How can that possibly be, I asked Alex. The last time I checked senate power is controlled by a simple majority and bills are passed by a 50+1 margin. The Democrats currently have a 17 seat majority, or 58 seats. Once they seat Franken they will have an 18 seat majority. So how in the world can the Dems be clinging to a "razor-thin" majority? I just don't get it.
Even if we use the silly Republican cloture rule that has nothing to do with majority seats in the senate. The cloture rule just requires 60 votes to end debate, it mentions nothing about vesting power in the 60 votes. Unless I'm missing something, senate power is a simple majority. I don't understand the inaccurate necessity by the media to state otherwise. I also don't understand why people can't respond to their emails.
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