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70 Percent Say Democrats' Loss of Veto-Proof Majority Is 'Good for the Country'

Seventy percent of Americans say it is good for the country that the Democrats lost the Senate race in Massachusetts and no longer have the 60 vote supermajority that allowed them to pass legislation without cooperation from the Republicans, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Jan. 22-24. Here's how CNN worded the question: "Until that special election, the Democrats had sixty votes in the U.S. Senate which allowed them to pass legislation without any votes from Republican Senators. Now the Democrats still have a largemajority but cannot pass bills without cooperation from at ...

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