From Naked Politics: Tough being a Democrat in Tallahassee these days

From the Naked Politics blog at the Miami Herald is this:

     Elections matter. Just ask the 39 House Democrats who must contend with a Republican Leadership backed by a super-majority of 80 (soon to be 81) members.
     Even though their numbers give them a third of the seats in the House, the Democrats are marginalized even further because of the super-majority that Republicans secured in November by flipping six seats.
     That's best represented by the number of bills Democrats are getting heard in committees.
     According to the office of Democratic Policy Chair Rep. Evan Jenne, D-Hollywood, only 41 Democratic bills have had a hearing, or 8.9 percent of the total 462 bills through the third week. Republicans have had 406 bills heard, or 87.9 percent. About 3.2 percent, or 15 of the bills, have been bi-partisan. [emphasis added]

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