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To: sam_paine
'deliberative body'

That shut off any debate of this bill?

24 posted on 06/28/2007 10:33:58 AM PDT by listenhillary (Conservative that has been mugged by the Republican party)
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To: listenhillary
'deliberative body' That shut off any debate of this bill?

Uh, yeah.

The senate is a deliberative body that has to get 60% of the members to agree that they've debated it enough and that it's time to vote on the bill.

Cloture failed, so they can keep debating now. Very deliberative, yes!

42 posted on 06/28/2007 11:01:52 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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