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By Perry Bacon | Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…The Democrats now have their largest majority in the Senate since 1978, but their ability to prevent filibusters as they attempt to push President Obama’s agenda is likely to prove illusory. A pair of prominent Democrats, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (Mass.) and Robert C. Byrd (W.Va.), have missed a raft of votes this year because of illness and, although Byrd was released from a Washington area hospital yesterday, it is unclear how often either will be present in the chamber….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063003593_pf.html