Due to legal wranglings over the 2008 senate results and Dem senator illness the Dems 'controlled' government for about 75 days. Outside that time the Republica

Due to legal wranglings over the 2008 senate results and Dem senator illness the Dems 'controlled' government for about 75 days. Outside that time the Republicans simply fillibustered everything and the Dems didn't have the 60 votes necessary in the senate for Cloture.