Actually, they had 60 seats for about 7 weeks. Ted Kennedy was dying of cancer at the time and couldn't come in to vote. Then he died and got replaced with a

Actually, they had 60 seats for about 7 weeks. Ted Kennedy was dying of cancer at the time and couldn't come in to vote. Then he died and got replaced with a temporary Democratic replacement which didn't have that availability issue, then the special election occurred and a Republican took the seat.