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Democratic Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has lost his unique leverage in Washington now that his party has pulled off a blue wave in the midterm elections.

The Democratic Party was handed control of the House and the Senate on Tuesday, dramatically reshaping Congress for the country.

In Pennsylvania, Fetterman has wielded the power of being the deciding vote in what was a narrowly divided Senate, as a Democrat willing to break with his party. But Democratic Senate gains across the country on Tuesday have pushed their seats from a minority of 47 to a majority of at least 54, after flipping at least seven seats, as of early Wednesday morning.

This means Fetterman, who has long faced criticism from wings of his party for obstructing the Democratic agenda by voting with Republicans, will now have less power to force his party to listen to the views he represents.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

I mean, we'll see.

I suspect the magic number to pass a bill in the Senate is going from 50 back to 60, again

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 35 minutes ago

MAGAs aren't going to be as obedient to Trump any more. Clearly his influence has crashed. EVERYONE he endorsed lost, and a bunch lost in the Primaries, too.

Trump has become toxic, and if a Right Winger wants to have a career past 2028, they better show some resistance to MAGA and Trump.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Some, but hopefully we can get Ukraine the support it should already should have had.