cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/mop/p/1306410/what-you-heard
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2026
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They only had a true trifecta for a few weeks. You need 60 votes in the Senate to prevent a filibuster, and due to a lawsuit Al Franken wasn't able to take his seat until Ted Kennedy had stopped attending due to poor health, and when Kennedy died his appointed replacement wasn't able to take office until like November 2009, and the Tea Party won the special electuon to replace Kennedy and the Dems lost the 60-vote majority in January 2010.
Wrong trifecta, but that one was also a supermajority and does a good job of illustrating why the "political reality" only allows for things to get worse.