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14. This was a major victory for President Biden and the Democratic Party

Sun Nov 13, 2022, 04:15 PM

Nov 2022

There are two major advantages to the Democrats getting 51 seats.

1. The Democrats will have majorities in all committees and can issue subpoenas. Currently each Senate committee have an equal number of republicans and democrats on the committee. One cannot issue a subpoena with the vote of the majority of a committee which is why the senate cannot do any major investigations.

2. Speed up nomination confirmation process for judges. Since there are an equal number of republicans and Democrats on the judiciary committee, the vote on a good number of judicial nominees have been ties and had to go to the full senate to break the tie. That is one reason why VP Harris has casted so many tie breaker votes.

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Having 51 senators is a big deal.

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Being midterm, it wasn't a Blue Tsunami, but it definitely was a Blue Wave [View all] AZLD4Candidate Nov 2022 OP

1934 Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #1

I predicted 3-5 pickup in the Senate and break even in the House AZLD4Candidate Nov 2022 #2

Sorry, but this is a big deal JohnSJ Nov 2022 #3

I agree..this could have gone south so quickly. Lochloosa Nov 2022 #4

You are so right. This was against all historical odds JohnSJ Nov 2022 #5

Agree ..it is a very BFG deal! In fact historic PortTack Nov 2022 #7

Did I say or even imply it wasn't a big deal? AZLD4Candidate Nov 2022 #8

Yes, you did obamanut2012 Nov 2022 #12

A Win Is A Win Is A Win Me. Nov 2022 #6

This was an amazing election cycle for President Biden and the Democrats LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #9

Lasr night Michael Beschloss said it was the best mid-term results malaise Nov 2022 #13

I like to think of it as a Blue Wall rather than a wave.. "Red Wave hit a Blue Wall" I think was how msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #10

I like that image - that's a good way to describe what happened FakeNoose Nov 2022 #15

Me too, actually I think that it went like this: Red Wave CRASHED into a Blue Wall. msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #16

It was a blue tsumani because it was Midterms obamanut2012 Nov 2022 #11

This was a major victory for President Biden and the Democratic Party LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #14

A Blue Finger lame54 Nov 2022 #17