Empirical Vote Data Shows Democrats Still Control US Senate

[txradioguy]

Senate Democrats still control the U.S. Senate, election results last November aside, an analysis of all the votes taken since Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took over as Majority Leader shows.
 
In fact, with two minor exceptions, every single vote that has passed the U.S. Senate since the beginning of this Congress in January has passed with at least—usually more than—93 percent of support from Democrats.
 
“While Republicans have done nothing to create jobs and help the middle class, on other topics like passing clean funding for Homeland Security and confirming Loretta Lynch, Senator McConnell has done the right thing by bringing bills and nominations to the floor that Democrats can support,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s spokesman Adam Jentleson told Breitbart News. “Democrats hope this trend will continue.”
 
Since January, according to the U.S. Senate vote count website, there have been 10 nominations confirmed. Each one has seen unanimous support from Democrats who voted, but varying levels of Republican support.
 
Seven nominations—George C. Hanks, Jr., to be a U.S. district Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Alfred H. Bennett to be a U.S. district Judge for the Southern District of Texas, William P. Doyle to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, Carlos A. Monje, Jr., to be Assistant Transportation Secretary, Christopher A. Hart to be National Transportation Safety Board chairman, Daniel Henry Marti to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and Michael P. Botticelli to be Director of National Drug Control Policy—passed the Senate unanimously. That means all senators who voted on the nominations voted in favor, with no GOP opposition.
 
On the nomination of Russell C. Deyo to be Under Secretary for Management for the Department of Homeland Security, only two Republicans voted against it: Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and David Vitter (R-LA). On Ash Carter’s nomination to be Secretary of Defense, just five Republicans—Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Jim Risch (R-ID)—voted no.
 
The nomination of Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General, replacing Eric Holder—the most recent confirmation, passing on Thursday afternoon—saw all Democrats vote in favor joined by 10 Republicans. They are: McConnell and Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Rob Portman (R-OH).
 
McConnell broke a pre-election promise that no attorney general nominee would be considered in his Senate if that nominee supported Obama’s executive amnesty, something that Lynch testified she supports.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/23/exclusive-empirical-vote-data-shows-democrats-still-control-us-senate-harry-reids-office-rejoices/

[thundley4]

I guess we wrong. Elections don't have consequences.  Democrats have gotten more favorable votes under McConnell than Reid even brought to the floor.

[obumazombie]

I guess we wrong. Elections don't have consequences.  Democrats have gotten more favorable votes under McConnell than Reid even brought to the floor.

I have been suckered into a mentality that these giveaways to the dems are a trap being set by the GOP.
I'm on pins and needles holding my breath waiting for the trap to be sprung.

[libertybele]

I have been suckered into a mentality that these giveaways to the dems are a trap being set by the GOP.
I'm on pins and needles holding my breath waiting for the trap to be sprung.

Don't hold your breath too long.  In reality the GOPe has continued to fail to reign in this president and his administration.

I'm on pins and needles hoping that this country makes it to another election; with the recent revelation that the Clintons are selling uranium to Putin and all the while Obama/Kerry are striking a nuke deal with Iran.