Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years"

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30. I posted about that earlier today in another thread (with respect to the number in the Senate during FDR's 4 terms)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3432527

The below shows the number of Democrats (and doesn't even include the couple parties that caucused with them which amounted to 1 or 2 additional per Congressional session)

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If you look historically over FDR's 4 terms (his last term being abruptly impacted by his death), he had periods where the Senate had large supporting numbers of Democrats (and those who affiliated with them), and IIRC, the cloture number was actually 67 (vs the current 60). He was able to get SS through with those types of numbers.

(each of the below being the tally at the end of the particular Congressional session)

73rd (1933 - 1935) - 60/35
74th (1935 - 1937) - 72/22
75th (1937 - 1939) - 74/18 (and as high as 76)
76th (1939 - 1941) - 68/25
77th (19431- 1943) - 64/30
78th (1943 - 1945) - 56/39