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To: wastedyears
-- Isn't a majority required, ie. 51 votes in a 100-person body? --

For legislation, majority of votes cast. 50 is usually enough in the Senate. It is certainly enough while Minnesota has seated only one of the two seats it is entitled to.

20 posted on 03/01/2009 10:40:48 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt; wastedyears

Don’t forget that in a tie Biden is the tie breaker.


28 posted on 03/01/2009 10:45:40 AM PST by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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