Please 'splain it to me.
Please 'splain it to me.
I think that the 'two seat' thing is Lott's reference to eliminating two seats from each committee both of which would be Democrat, thus leaving a one seat majority to the Republicans.....
Remember when the 107th began with a 50-50 split, the Republicans got a one seat majority.... When the Democrats took over they added two seats both Democrat to give them the one seat majority. All Lott is talking about is taking the number of seats back to the original numbers.
Sure. With the current republican majority (51-48-1) each senate committee will have one more republican than the democrats. Should the majority increase to 52-47 the republicans will increase their majority in each committee to two more than the democrats. Especially in the Judicial Committee this can make a BIG difference. Not only are more judges likely to be endorsed and passed on for full senate confirmation, but there will be one less obstructionist on the committee. This will be true of all senate committees.
The other subtle advantage is that this takes many dems out of the spotlight of the committees they use to gain national exposure. Hope that makes sense.