Democrats Poised to Hold Powerful 60-Seat Majority. EIN News Offers Complete Coverage of Transition in the Senate
WASHINGTON, April 29 — /EIN News/ The GOP’s ability to filibuster Democratic efforts in the Senate have essentially been quashed by the defection of longtime Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter to the Democratic Party. Only the Minnesota Supreme Court now stands in the way of a supermajority in the Senate.
Learn more about the Specter conversion and the on-going legal battle in Minnesota from these EIN News publications:
— U.S. Politics Today from EIN News – http://uspolitics.einnews.com/
— Latest Arlen Specter News – http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/arlen-specter
— Latest Al Franken News – http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/al-franken
— Latest Senate News – http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/the-senate
— Latest Congressional News – http://uspolitics.einnews.com/archive/congress
Is a 60-seat majority in the Senate inevitable at this point? Will more senators defect from the GOP? Read about the political struggle from all sides as EIN News delivers the news from the nation’s top news sources.
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