We have 60 votes on paper. But we cannot bulldoze anybody; it doesn’t work that way. My caucus doesn’t allow it. And we have a very diverse group of senators philosophically. I am not this morning suddenly flexing my muscles.
–Senator Harry Reid (D - Nevada), on why a 60-40 Democratic headcount in the Senate may not be such a “supermajority” after all.
(via the NY Times)
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