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Dope1: Then they could have had this easily in from 2009-2011.
How? Democrats only had a supermajority for about 60 legislative days.
First, Republicans contested Al Franken's election in Minnesota and he didn't get seated for seven months.
In May, Senator Byrd of West Virginia was hospitalized and his vote was unavailable.
In August, Senator Ted Kennedy died and it wasn't until February 4, 2010 that Republican Scott Brown was sworn into the seat Kennedy held.
The suggestion that Democrats had a veto-proof supermajority from 2009-2011 is another of those rightwing fairy tales.
