10-20-2016, 01:18 PM
Speedy wrote:
[quote=Ombligo]Then even as a Senator, she was one of 100, and was never in the majority party during her term.
A correction, she was in the majority for each of her first and last two years in the Senate.
The 107th US Congress was evenly split with 50 senators from each party. Vice President Dick Chaney, a Republican, was the deciding vote in ties. The President Pro Tem was a Republican. So Democrats were not the majority.
The 110th congress is arguable as it was split 49-49, with 2 independents who caucused with the Democrats. Consequently the President Pro Tem was a Democrat, but still did not make them the majority power since it was based on a coalition. Either independent could have switched at any time and he rule of the Senate would have switched.