just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoTrump aides alarmed he's 'just golfing all day and stewing' as election slips away: WaPowww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up1991arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1966arrow-down1external-linkTrump aides alarmed he's 'just golfing all day and stewing' as election slips away: WaPowww.rawstory.comjust_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square212fedilinkfile-text
Factually, that’s what he did during his time in office as well. I’m not sure what they thought had changed.
minus-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoObama never had a supermajority. He got close but peaked at 59 senators in the senate and one in hospital. One shy of 60 is not enough.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·3 months agoThey only needed 51 votes to ditch the filibuster.
Obama never had a supermajority. He got close but peaked at 59 senators in the senate and one in hospital. One shy of 60 is not enough.
They only needed 51 votes to ditch the filibuster.