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To: calcowgirl

So they need a supermajority to pass this?

37 posted on 02/18/2009 3:05:23 AM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)

To: Impy

Yep — 2/3 majority required.

There are 40 Senators, 15 Republicans and 25 Democrats.

39 posted on 02/18/2009 3:07:42 AM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)

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