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)
To: Maurice Tift
They are saying that it did not pass.
4 posted on
11/19/2014 3:19:07 AM PST by
houeto
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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)
To: Maurice Tift
Obama will veto everything and it takes 60 votes to override a vetoActually 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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