Also, he had a new Senate to deal with.

Could this be the tone of the new Senate?

The new Senate has been installed on 7 June 2011.

There were 143 (rather than 119) seats in the new Senate.

A majority vote in the new Senate would veto natural resource legislation.

Her victory creates the possibility of a 50-50 tie in the new Senate.

The new Senate will be more conservative than the old.

He himself still had to be confirmed by the new Senate, for example.

Worse, the new Senate, or a large part of it, was following the President's example.

Republicans will have 55 seats in the new Senate.