At the May 2007 parliamentary election, the party expanded its majority, winning 73 seats.

With most of the votes counted, it appeared that Labor would expand its current 7-seat majority in the 146-member house.

Now the Democrats want a shot at expanding their tenuous 10 to a more secure majority, say 11, 12 or even 13.

The Republicans, who now hold a 53-to-47 edge in the Senate, are still likely to retain control there, and indeed could expand their majority.

If the Republicans cannot expand their majority, impeachment is much less likely.

It expanded its majority, by two, to 36 seats in the 65-member parliament.

He predicted that the prosecution would help Democratic attempts to expand their legislative majority.

Republicans had a net gain of 1 seat for the 2008 elections, expanding their majority to 30-20.

Democratic legislators, who are scrambling to expand their one-vote majority, were receptive to the budget.

Since then, the Democrats have expanded their majority by two, a mirror image of the numbers a decade ago.