Republicans fear the loss of their only weapon left: the filibuster
That reluctance is understandable. Invariably, a party that has controlled both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue has over-reached, even without a filibuster-proof Senate majority, which last happened between 1977 and 1979, the first two years of Jimmy Carter's unhappy presidency. In the early 1990s, during the first Clinton administration, Democrats controlled White House and Congress, only to come a cropper in the mid-term elections of 1994. For most of the ... Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
The article needs an update, now that the jury has convicted Stevens.