Al Franken 60th Democratic Senator

Democrats now control the United States Senate 60-40. With Al Franken coming on board as Minnesota’s Senator. [Politico]

Democrats will now hold a 60-40 majority in the Senate, the largest the party has enjoyed in a generation. Sixty votes are needed to break filibusters, ensuring that if Democrats stay united they would be able to cleave the GOP’s last lever of power in Washington. A Franken “yes” vote on health reform, climate change legislation and Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor gives Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) even more of a margin for error on these major votes.

Now, at last, perhaps the Senate will get on with healthcare reform, including a public option, which I hope is single-payer. Now, if we could only get all 60 of those Democratic Senators to come together and start representing us Democrats rather than representing Corporate America.

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