The Lies of the Lying Liar, Willard Mittens Romney, Pathological Liar Extraordinaire.
“We remember the president’s own party had a super majority in both houses for his first two years.”
A number of the more purist liberals also believe this. A super majority is Constitutionally defined as two thirds, or 67%. The truth is the Democrats never enjoyed a super majority in the House of Representatives. During the 2009-10 session, Democrats held a majority of 257 to 178, or a share of 59%.
So in one House of Congress, Romney just straight out lied. He does that. A lot. And often.
In the Senate, the Democrats also never held a super majority of 67 seats. But perhaps Romney the liar is referring to the magic number of 60, which apparently is the number of seats you need in the Senate to get anything done, according to the Republicans when the Democrats hold the majority.
The Democrats held 60 seats from the time Al Franken was finally seated on July 7, 2009 until the point that Teddy Kennedy passed away on August 25, 2009. And during those seven weeks, Robert Byrd was also terminally ill and rarely on the Senate floor. Then Paul Kirk was appointed to replace Kennedy in September 2009, and he served until February 2010, at which point Senator Scott Brown took over the seat. Throughout this time period, from September 2009 until February 2010, Senator Robert Byrd would have been the 60th vote. But again, he was rarely on the floor, as he was often hospitalized prior to his death in June 2010. So even when the Dems technically had 60 seats, they didn’t. Remember, one of those 60 was Joe Fuckin Lieberman.