Reply #111: Sorry... [View All]

[windbreeze]

I thought you were indicating that we had a 51-49 majority in the Senate...do a lot of us not understand just how closely divided the Senate/House really are?.....I do not mean you, but others who are screaming for the Dems to wipe out all that's been done to this country in the last 6 1/2 years...in reality there is NO majority...not when we have to depend on the two independents to vote with us to give us those last two seats, especially considering one of them is Lieberman....or when we need 67 votes at the very least to accomplish anything..but we only have 49 actual Democratic votes...

I guess it's becoming frustrating for me, when I see so many people dissing the current Dem Congress all the time....I didn't mean to appear to point at you precisely, but at anyone who doesn't understand that our Congress does NOT have the majority needed..that's what Obey/Conyers/Pelosi/Reid all know...they understand we still have to count on r's helping us out...and what THEY (r)may appear to be willing to do on the surface...does NOT guarantee they would follow through when an issue came to a vote...which leaves us hamstrung....how frustrated must our Congressmen also feel when they get it from both sides...and no one is happy with anything they do manage to accomplish....
wb