<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">We’ll all see . . . come November.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div><div><br>On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:12 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">The Subject says '<span style="font-size: 12pt;">If the Democrats were to gain a majority in the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">U.S. House and Senate in November . . .'</span></p>
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Since majority =/= 2/3 majority, I think Mr. Force makes a good point. 51 votes is a majority, yet falls far short of the 2/3s needed.
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] If the Democrats were to gain a majority in the U.S. House and Senate in November . . .</font>
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<div>Did you misread the subject of this thread?</div>
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<div><b>“<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Helvetica">If the Democrats were to gain a majority in the U.S. House and Senate in November . . .”</span></b></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Helvetica">The subject clearly refers to a date in the future (November 2018). It is my opinion that this is very possible.</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
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On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com" id="LPlnk135228" previewremoved="true">ronforce@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<li style="margin:5px 10px"><strike style="">178.4</strike><span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">180.8</strong><span> </span>million people are represented by the<span> </span><strike style="">48</strike><span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">49</strong><span> </span>senators
who caucus with the Democrats.</li><li style="margin:5px 10px"><strike style="">144.1</strike><span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">141.7</strong><span> </span>million people are represented by the<span> </span><strike style="">52</strike><span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">51</strong><span> </span>senators
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Buried at the bottom of<span> </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fthe-variedand-globalthreats-confronting-democracy-1511193763&data=02%7C01%7C%7C227cc7c53ccb4d74718508d582cdcef3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636558742813800620&sdata=iaJH2Sf737YTuLVhHjHYl0IPZAkHisWZJX2sXp2YCY0%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-variedand-globalthreats-confronting-democracy-1511193763" shash="PY8wptiFulswbjJfQfBwWobUmyWANbAKeLKvEaUim5CytP6+kB3bS1c1rQ1JTNgP/8bpq4iLpWFfcVHHIndd2P3w0A7KRhWLgORrQ5BRqO49e/YJs8CFg31e2XKx06u2j0q4CSdLw1VnHQL7aL2kO0QPU8n8wpL60biUqdwblvk=" style="text-decoration:none; color:rgb(25,85,165); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(213,213,213); zoom:1; font-size:inherit; margin-bottom:18px; line-height:1.8em" id="LPlnk629064" previewremoved="true">a
recent column</a>, the Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib relayed a nugget of data he’d picked up.</p>
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“David Birdsell, dean of the school of public and international affairs at Baruch College, notes that by 2040, about 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states,” Seib wrote. “They will have only 30 senators representing them, while the remaining
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<div class="x_gmail_quote">On Mar 5, 2018 8:23 AM, "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" id="LPlnk124870" previewremoved="true">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div dir="auto">. . . How soon after they are sworn in (in January) will impeachment proceedings begin?
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<div>I’m guessin’ that, if the Democrats do gain such a majority, the U.S. Congress ( for the first time in history) will convene every day through the holiday break, including Christmas day. Trump won’t be available, though. He’ll be busy packing his bags
for his move to Moscow (the one in Russia).<br>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
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