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shakran · 12-12-2006, 05:49 AM

i think it should be pointed out that control is a very relative term. While the dems have enough power to STOP the republicans from doing something, they also don't have enough power to necessarily get any legislation passed.

Let's take a for-instance. Congressional democrats try to take the power to randomly declare war away from the president where it should never have rested in the first place. A small majority votes for this proposition. The president vetos. Dems do not have the 2/3rds required to override that veto.

So while we may have a majority, we still don't have all that much power, realistically.

12-12-2006, 05:49 AM	#24 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	i think it should be pointed out that control is a very relative term. While the dems have enough power to STOP the republicans from doing something, they also don't have enough power to necessarily get any legislation passed. Let's take a for-instance. Congressional democrats try to take the power to randomly declare war away from the president where it should never have rested in the first place. A small majority votes for this proposition. The president vetos. Dems do not have the 2/3rds required to override that veto. So while we may have a majority, we still don't have all that much power, realistically.