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Ocelot II

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12. No, it's 51-49. Sanders and King have always been independents,

Fri Dec 9, 2022, 02:09 PM

Dec 2022

they have always caucused with the Democrats, and they have always been counted as Democrats because it's the caucus affiliation that counts rather than the party designation. Sinema, who has voted with Dems 90% of the time, will also caucus with them and be counted as one. Declaring herself an independent is just her way of getting the degree of attention that she will have lost once the Democrats got an actual majority.

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It's not 51-49, it's 49-48-3. [View all] Jeebo Dec 2022 OP

As long as the independents keep caucusing Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #1

and they all made it clear they will. JohnSJ Dec 2022 #3

Yep. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #4

One didn't make it too clear Polybius Dec 2022 #8

She made it clear. She said she would not caucus with the republicans, and would keep her JohnSJ Dec 2022 #11

What I meant is that she couldn't just say "Yes, I'll caucus with Democrats" Polybius Dec 2022 #13

That's her, a reason why she isn't popular among Democrats JohnSJ Dec 2022 #14

The 3 independents are caucusing with the DEMOCRATS. Therefore the Democrats have the majority JohnSJ Dec 2022 #2

The Democrats. No Matter What. DarthDem Dec 2022 #5

Why it's almost a coalition! GreenWave Dec 2022 #6

We know Bernie and Angus vote with Beachnutt Dec 2022 #7

It's 50-49-¶ππ grantcart Dec 2022 #9

call it what you want bigtree Dec 2022 #10

No, it's 51-49. Sanders and King have always been independents, Ocelot II Dec 2022 #12