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Democrats Dream About a 60-Vote Majority

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
Sept. 18, 2008, 4:02 p.m.

It’s every Republican’s worst nightmare — waking up Nov. 5 to the horror of a House stocked with fresh new Democratic recruits to pad Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) control of the chamber and, even worse, a Senate under the control of 60-Member-strong Democratic majority.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

Democrats Dream About a 60-Vote Majority

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