Can the Congress change back and forth to who is in charge? In other words, if Lieberman decides to...

[patricia92243]

switch sides now, would the Senate go back to Republican control? Just for argument: Lieberman changes, Senate goes Republican, two weeks later three Republicans killed in a plane crash, Congress goes back Democratic.

I guess what I am trying to ask (and not doing a very good job of it) is: is there at time when the Congress is determined who is in charge and it stays that way for a certain length of time? The way it is now, it could change hands several times before the next election.

[MonkeyFunk]

1. Yes

it can change hands. When Jim Jeffords switched parties a few years ago, it gave control of the Senate to Democrats.

[Benhurst]

2. DUers in Maine need to start working on Snowe and Collins. We

are nearing a Constitutional crisis, and these two purported progressives have enabled Bush and his insane policies far too long.

[MaineDem]

3. Don't be mislead - those two ladies are NOT potential Democrats

Not even close. They will continue to be Bush-enablers. They are Republicans after all.

Collins is breaking away from him a bit but that's only because she's facing opposition in '08.

[Benhurst]

5. I don't think they are either; but I would settle for "Independent,"

as unlikely as that might seem. They need to have the political BeJebus scared out of them.

[Pab Sungenis]

4. It depends on the organizing resolution.

We got a clause in 2000 allowing a switch because the Senate was evenly divided 50-50. Does anyone know if a control-change clause was in the 110th Senate's organizing resolution?