That's the question being asked over at The Monkey Cage. I don't have any hard data, but my anecdotal memory says: 1) In general, not very often. 2) The losses comes in a bunch of flavors: pulling a doomed bill prior to a vote (ex: Boehner debt bill, July 2011), losing a final passage vote (ex.
How often does the majority lose in the House?
How often does the majority lose in the…
How often does the majority lose in the House?
That's the question being asked over at The Monkey Cage. I don't have any hard data, but my anecdotal memory says: 1) In general, not very often. 2) The losses comes in a bunch of flavors: pulling a doomed bill prior to a vote (ex: Boehner debt bill, July 2011), losing a final passage vote (ex.