2014 American Midterm Election Thread

[dpareja]

They have to get a super majority vote to bypass a veto. Even though the republicans control the senate, I don't believe they have enough for a 2/3rds super majority vote.

They'd need about 45 Democratic Representatives to defect in the House, and at a bare minimum 13 Democratic Senators (if every outstanding race goes to the Republicans) to defect, in order to override a veto. That's not going to happen.

[mythbuster43]

They have to get a super majority vote to bypass a veto. Even though the republicans control the senate, I don't believe they have enough for a 2/3rds super majority vote.

They'd need about 45 Democratic Representatives to defect in the House, and at a bare minimum 13 Democratic Senators (if every outstanding race goes to the Republicans) to defect, in order to override a veto. That's not going to happen.

It's very rare throughout our history that presidential vetoes are successfully overriden. The most recent that comes to mind is the 80th Congress overriding Harry Truman's veto of a 1947 Right-To-Work law called the Taft-Hartley Act.

[dpareja]

They have to get a super majority vote to bypass a veto. Even though the republicans control the senate, I don't believe they have enough for a 2/3rds super majority vote.

They'd need about 45 Democratic Representatives to defect in the House, and at a bare minimum 13 Democratic Senators (if every outstanding race goes to the Republicans) to defect, in order to override a veto. That's not going to happen.

It's very rare throughout our history that presidential vetoes are successfully overriden. The most recent that comes to mind is the 80th Congress overriding Harry Truman's veto of a 1947 Right-To-Work law called the Taft-Hartley Act.

http://legislink.org/us/pl-110-275

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6331:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
            June 24, considered and passed House.
            July 9, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 44 (2008):
            July 15, Presidential veto message.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
            July 15, House and Senate overrode veto.

[mythbuster43]

Having just looked up the history of vetoes, I know about the override that happened in 2008.

So far in Obama's Presidency, he's only vetoed two bills, the second of which happened four years ago.

[ironbite]

Mark Warner is officially declared the winner of his race.  There's a few other races out there that haven't been declared but that's good.

Ironbite-means people aren't over Enron.

[Ironchew]

They have to get a super majority vote to bypass a veto. Even though the republicans control the senate, I don't believe they have enough for a 2/3rds super majority vote.

They'd need about 45 Democratic Representatives to defect in the House, and at a bare minimum 13 Democratic Senators (if every outstanding race goes to the Republicans) to defect, in order to override a veto. That's not going to happen.

Alternatively, they need a sympathetic president that won't veto most of their ideas in the first place. Soon we'll see just how right-wing Obama really is.

[dpareja]

They have to get a super majority vote to bypass a veto. Even though the republicans control the senate, I don't believe they have enough for a 2/3rds super majority vote.

They'd need about 45 Democratic Representatives to defect in the House, and at a bare minimum 13 Democratic Senators (if every outstanding race goes to the Republicans) to defect, in order to override a veto. That's not going to happen.

Alternatively, they need a sympathetic president that won't veto most of their ideas in the first place. Soon we'll see just how right-wing Obama really is.

Well, the only two bills he has vetoed so far were when the Democratic Party had majorities in both the House and the Senate. (Granted one could argue that that's because nothing worth vetoing was getting passed once Republicans took the House.)

[Beezlebub]

I hate being an Iowan right now. Despite my best efforts, we've elected Joni "OBAMACARE *Scare chord*" Ernst and Matthew "Those Jews" Ung.

[lord gibbon]

I'm similarly ashamed of my fellow Coloradans right now, We kicked out Mark Udall, one of the genuinely progressive members of congress, in favor of Cory "Personhood" Gardener.

Also, We now have Gordon Klingenshmit in our state house, but seeing as he's from Colorado Spring's most conservative district, I saw that one coming.

[Vypernight]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/07/supreme-court-obamacare-subsidies_n_6122370.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D560465

I was afraid of this.  Instead of using their time to at least pretend to improve things, they'll waste it fighting the ACA again.  i'm still trying to figure out how they got reelected after last year shutting the gov't done over it.  I don't know, maybe they're trying to see how much they can get away with.

[ironbite]

I've already said why.

Ironbite-they convinced their voters that their shit don't stink.

[Eiki-mun]

They won, and they'll probably continue to win, because the American people are uneducated morons.

[Beezlebub]

I'm starting to wonder if elections are rigged by the comedians to ensure that they'll have material for the following years.

[Witchyjoshy]

I'm starting to wonder if elections are rigged by the comedians to ensure that they'll have material for the following years.

What would you even call a government run by comedians?

Comedicracy?

[Second Coming of Madman]

I'm starting to wonder if elections are rigged by the comedians to ensure that they'll have material for the following years.

Damn it, he's onto us.