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To: eyespysomething

60 votes are needed to end a filibuster, not 67.


80 posted on 07/13/2004 7:24:37 AM PDT by AmishDude
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To: AmishDude

"60 votes are needed to end a filibuster, not 67"



True, but, in all fairness, perhaps he meant that one needs 67 votes to ratify a treaty, approve a constitutional amendment or impeach a perjuring, justice-obstructing president.


85 posted on 07/13/2004 8:17:49 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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