Whatever.
I was not cognizant enough of fine points to assess the Senate in the 1981-1986 time frame.
Since then I think the kindest adjective it may have been entitled to at the best of times was “useless”.
Any old-timers here able to remember back to the days of Jeremiah Denton and the other members of the class that came in with Reagan?
“Any old-timers here able to remember back to the days of Jeremiah Denton and the other members of the class that came in with Reagan?”
I do.
Hawkins (Fl), Rudman (NH), East (NC), Mattingly (Ga), etc.