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Senate Passes $350 Billion Bush Tax Cut
AP
| By MARY DALRYMPLE
Posted on 05/15/2003 8:32:31 PM PDT by Capitalism2003
Edited on 05/15/2003 8:53:48 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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To: Tennessean4Bush
That is not true. You need 60 votes to end debate. The rule says you need 3/5 (in this case 60) of Senators chosen and duly sworn. Every Democrat could be home in bed and there could be a 51-0 cloture vote and the filibuster would not be broken because you did not get 60 votes.
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