Super majority

Obama care was passed because the Democrats had a majority in the House and a super majority in the Senate. The vote included the 59 Democrats and one Independent, Sanders, a self-declared socialist. The 60 vote total overcame a filibuster by the 39 Republicans who all voted against the plan. In the house one Republican, Cao, voted with the Democrats. Cao is the most liberal Republican elected in a strong Democratic district because the man he ran against, Jefferson, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 13 years in prison. This is history repeating itself in that FDR had super majorities when the New Deal was passed and LBJ had super majorities when Medicare was passed. The Republicans have only had a super majority once and that was in 1910.