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There is a senate rule that says a majority isn't enough. you don't need 50 votes or 51 votes. you need 60 votes to pass stuff in the senate. and frankly, there aren't 60 senators who would vote to declare today monday let alone 60 senators who would vote to pass most important legislation. republicans just won't do it. even on things like voting rights, the foundation of our democracy, there is like one republican senator lisa murkowski who says maybe she'll vote with democrats maybe on one voting rights bill. but even that doesn't matter. with that senate rule in place that says you need 60 ...

House. in the senate, though, democrats also have the majority there barely. it is a 100-seat senate. there are 50 senators on the democratic side, 50 on the republican side. if everybody votes party line and there is a 50/50 tie, the person who breaks the tie in the senate is the vice president. she is a democrat. so that gives the democrats effectively 51 votes so that's the narrowest possible democratic majority but it is a majority in the senate. the problem for the democrat is that even though stuff can pass the house, thank you slim democratic majority. thank you nancy pelosi. democratic...

But it is a majority. the problem for the democrats is that even though stuff can pass the house. thank you slim democratic majority, thank you nancy pelosi. democratic bills, by a large can't pass the senate. because even though democrats can of their slim majority in the senate, it it's in enough. there is a senate rule that says a majority isn't enough. you don't need 50 votes or 51 votes. you need 60 votes to pass stuff in the senate. and frankly, there aren't 60 senators who would vote to declare today monday, let alone 60 senators who would vote to pass most important legislation. republ...

We're just going to stay on it and if they don't vote for it today, we're going to stay on it until they vote for something. we're going to keep pushing. >> the president's american jobs act got a majority vote in the united states senate tonight. a majority isn't enough. republicans have succeeded in stopping the bill in its tracks on a procedural vote that required 60 votes to advance the bill. the bill includes a large cut in payroll taxes that would leave more take home pay in workers' pockets, spend able income and make it cheaper for employers to hire new workers. the bill also extends u...

We're going to keep pushing. >> the president's american jobs act got a majority vote in the united states senate tonight. a majority isn't enough. republicans have succeeded in stopping the bill in its tracks on a procedural vote that required 60 votes to advance the bill. the bill includes a large cut in payroll taxes that would leave more take home pay in workers' pockets, spendable income and make it cheaper for employers to hire new workers. the bill also extends unemployment benefits and provides funding for job training, $50 billion for job creating, shovel-ready building projects. $30 ...