SoGood Effin'Grief Chris Jansing Democrats are not in a 50-50 tie plus the Vice President

[malaise]

Democrats won 51 seats in the Senate in 2022
Jebus Effin' Krist - do your basic homework

[brooklynite]

1. And what does this refer to?

[Wishful-Thinking]

2. I think this is because Feinstein is out

[Bev54]

9. So is McConnell right now

[Wishful-Thinking]

10. Yes, and at the time Fetterman, but that wasn't the issue.

Problem is getting nominations out of the Judiciary Committee that needs Feinstein’s vote to pass a judge to full Senate for vote.

[onenote]

12. There are 18 nominations that were approved by the Committee before Feinstein's absence

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that haven't been moved to the floor. Committee hearings on nominations (which is a necessary predicate for a committee vote) are being held in her absence. Name one nominee that hasn't been confirmed because of her absence.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Government is too complicated for her.

[Lovie777]

4. That person from AZ went Indy.......

p.s. I believe it would Dems 50, F up party 49, don't know which way AZ lady going - 1...........

[malaise]

6. She said 50-50

[brush]

5. Makes one wonder about these hosts sometimes. One of the biggest story lines of the '22 election...

was Sen. Warnock beating Herschel Walker in Georgia, making the Dem advantage in the US Senate 51 to 49 seats. You'd think she's remember that.

Somw rhwaw hosts are not exactly Rachel Maddow.

[snowybirdie]

8. Remember

Sinema is independent now

[onenote]

11. the numbers:

Democrats: 48
Republicans 49
Independents: 3

Of the three independents, two (Sanders and King) are said to "caucus" with the Democrats. The third (Sinema) says she isn't caucusing with either party but also has said she is "formally aligned" with the Democrats for committee purposes. (Not sure how that differs from caucusing with the Democrats).

Moreover, for the important purpose of voting on Biden's judicial nominees, none of the 48 Democrats and 3 independents have voted against any of those nominees during the 118th Congress (22 confirmations). On the other hand, in 19 of the 22 confirmation votes, at least two (and as many as ten) Republicans have affirmatively voted for Biden's nominee. Harris has had to break a tie in only two of the nominations considered so far this Congress (two of the three in which no Republican supported Biden's nominee).