The national record for snowfall in a single season was set in nineteen ninety-eight and nineteen ninety-nine.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Since all 40 Republicans were on record as opposing the bill, the Democrats did not have a single vote to spare, needing every Democrat and Independent who normally votes with Democrats to cast their votes for it, or else have the vote dead before it ever reached the floor.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23