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ELI5: so what exactly does Dems taking control of the senate and house entail? (piefed.zip)
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Not american, wanted to know what exactly the dems can now do that they couldn't before. What does this mean for the supreme court, and what does it mean for the next presidential elections?

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[–] zoloftt@lemmy.world 46 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

A lot of this depends on getting Republicans to help.

Trump can veto anything Congress passes, unless it passes with ~~60~~ 67 votes from the Senate. Ds have a 55/100 members in Senate after they get confirmed (Jan 2027) BUT also have a guy named Fetterman who's a not-so-secret Republican.

Also, anything to do with Israel will still have a hard time because of people like the ghoul Chuck Schumer.

Edit: 67 not ~~60~~

[–] granch_bibblyfibble@piefed.social 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It requires 67 Senators to override a veto (2/3 of both houses). 60 is the Senate "cloture" rule number to move bills forward (just a rule, not anything specified in law or the constitution).

[–] zoloftt@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Whoops! Yeah, totally right. I'll correct my post