OK, here's the (corrected) composition by political party of each house during each era...

1935 (73rd Congress):
Senate had 59 Dems, 36 Repubs, 1 other* (composition 61% Dem)
House had 313 Dems, 117 Repubs, 5 other (composition 72% Dem)

* 96 seats because Alaska and Hawaii weren't yet states.

1965 (89th Congress):
Senate had 68 Dems, 32 Repubs (composition 68% Dem)
House had 295 Dems, 140 Repubs (composition 68% Dem)

So the Politifact.com assertion that Johnson enjoyed a 2/3 majority in the House in 1965 is correct.

Also, my 1965 stats as to the Senate are unchanged here because I had previously given you 89th Congress stats for the Senate, but 88th Congress stats for the House.

Clearly, I hadn't drunk enough coffee prior to posting. Apologies.

Senate stats here (link...)

House stats here (link...)

Alaska and Hawaii weren't states yet?

(Blush.)

That was really my unspoken question in looking into these stats: Is the cause of this impasse on healthcare reform that Dems hold a smaller majority today than in 1935 and/or 1965, or is the impasse due to something else--like a different brand of Republican legislator today, or a different focus among today's media, or maybe just today's greater influence from lobbyists?

If you looked at those two charts indicating the political party composition in this session's Senate/House, you saw that we do hold smaller majorities in both than we did in 1935 or 1965. Today, Dems comprise just 59% of legislators in both chambers, but...is that the only reason this legislation has stalled?

I love to listen to Maher. No convincing needed for me to believe how bad Reagan was for America. I was just using the Dole interview to point out that Rand Paul & Cruz & company are even to the right of a guy the right wing conservative movers and shakers used as a puppet as president of the Screen Actors Guild. Then they gave him a national audience with his speech at Goldwater's 64 convention. Then governor of CA. and on to be a disaster for healthcare and every other issue that would help most Americans during his 8 yrs. as President. The "Great Communicator" repeated the words of Nancy and his handlers so well he ruined the lives of millions of Americans. I don't want to say anything good about the crook....but Nixon was a hell of a lot smarter and better than Reagan. That aint saying much but Nixon did create the EPA and was more moderate than Reagan on just about everything.

Thanks for the link....just listened.....Maher's words are a good reminder to some folks with short memories,so true about "the great communicator", when he says "Reagan just made shit up".