51.   Like other officers of the Senate, the chaplain is chosen by the majority party.

52.   Meanwhile, on congressional committees, the majority party controls roughly twice as many jobs as the minority.

53.   Moving to the room reserved for the majority party is not so important, it seems.

54.   More than their counterparts in other state capitals and in Washington, the majority parties in the New York Legislature have devised myriad ways of keeping their rivals down.

55.   Moreover, Democratic staff members have lost an advantage intrinsic to working for the majority party.

56.   Nonetheless, his alliance with the Democrats still makes them the majority party.

57.   Nor has a majority party had such a razor-thin margin, vulnerable to a defection of only six votes on any issue.

58.   Now, the full Senate votes, though it routinely accepts nominees of the majority party.

59.   One faction of the Republican Party wants to turn the GOP into something other than a statewide, nationwide, majority party.

60.   Republicans need to re-establish trust in minority communities in order to become a majority party and win the presidential election, GOP vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp said Saturday.