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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

It doesn’t take 41 to vote down cloture. It takes 60 to INVOKE cloture.

Further, cloture is the way to end a filibuster. They already are under an agreement which controls the debate and doesn’t allow anybody to have the floor, and they’ve been careful to only give the floor to opponents under agreements that set time limits.


378 posted on 06/07/2007 7:11:06 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Thanks for the clarification.


380 posted on 06/07/2007 7:14:18 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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