Pushing Sixty

Quietly, Democrats Eye a Filibuster-Proof Senate Majority, but Attaining It May Be Very Difficult

By John McArdle
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 9, 2007, 12 a.m.

Sen. Pete Domenici’s (N.M.) retirement announcement last week put another safe Republican seat into play in 2008 and has some Democrats on Capitol Hill wondering if their dreams of attaining a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate could become a reality next year.



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