Jackson50 on 22 September 2008
| koffieboon said: I'm not a real expert when it comes to US politics, but didn't the Republicans have a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in 2005 as well as the president. How can Democrats even block anything if Republicans really want to push it through? |
There are ways to block legislation. In the Senate, you can fillibuster a bill to prevent its passage. Of course, Senate rules stipulate that a three-fifths supermajority of all Senators sworn in may invoke cloture to end the fillibuster.
