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To: afraidfortherepublic
  Obama will veto everything and it takes 60 votes to override a veto
2 posted on 11/19/2014 3:17:16 AM PST by Maurice Tift (Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Maurice Tift

They are saying that it did not pass.


4 posted on 11/19/2014 3:19:07 AM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Maurice Tift

It takes 2/3 to override a veto. That’s 66. It takes 60 votes to stop a filibuster and proceed to a vote on the measure.


16 posted on 11/19/2014 4:32:09 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Maurice Tift
Obama will veto everything and it takes 60 votes to override a veto

Actually it take two thirds of both houses to override, that's 67 in the Senate.

22 posted on 11/19/2014 7:26:24 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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