That doesn't parse. You're treating two different types of majorities as the same thing. It's fairly common that bills will be voted on down party lines, whic

That doesn't parse. You're treating two different types of majorities as the same thing. It's fairly common that bills will be voted on down party lines, which means all Republicans vote one way, and all Democrats vote another. The standard deviation from this is generally pretty small, which is why the small majority held by the Democrats in both houses is such a big deal. Two-thirds of Republicans repudiated the pressure coming from the Bush administration and voted against the bailout. Democrats were only able to muster a simple majority in support of the bailout. That's as close to non-partisan behavior as you're likely to see in our government.