They're defending more than twice the number of Senate seats in 2018 that Republicans are, a situation that gives the G. O. P. a shot at a filibuster-proof majority.

到2018年，他们要在参议院中抵御人数是自己两倍还多的共和党，这种情况令共和党处于完全不会受到阻挠的多数。

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Plus, Republicans won't have a filibuster-proof Senate majority.

另外，共和党人在参议院不会获得多数席位。

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Brown's victory was nationally significant because it removed the Democrats' filibuster proof, 60-man super-majority in the Senate.

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Democrats wound up with a whopping 292 seats (67.1%) in the House and a filibuster proof 61 seats in the U.S. Senate.

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The Republican majority in the Senate majority was not filibuster proof (55 seats), and Democratic majority in the House was enormous (272 members).

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