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Old 04-09-2011, 06:25 PM
SanDiegoTim SanDiegoTim is online now
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If Nancy Pelosi was still the Speaker...

...would any budget cuts have been enacted? Would President Obama's 2011 budget been accepted/approved by the House?
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Old 04-11-2011, 11:19 AM
Really Not All That Bright Really Not All That Bright is online now
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For Pelosi to be speaker, the Democrats would have had to retain their majority, so presumably yes.
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Old 04-11-2011, 12:32 PM
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However, the Senate would still have > 39 Republican members, so only that legislation which is ultra-right wing would have any prayer of passing.

Democrats run the government when they have a healthy majority in the House, at least 65 seats in the Senate, and the White House. For any other combination, the Republicans are in control.
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