To: digger48
i heard that there will be one more vote where 60 yeas will be required - but i never heard anyone explain where that vote would be
58 posted on
11/21/2009 10:09:49 AM PST by
sloop
(pfc in the quiet civil war)
To: sloop
Cloture (3/5 majority) ends debate, and the next step is a final vote on passage. IIRC
66 posted on
11/21/2009 10:16:58 AM PST by
digger48
To: sloop
that cloture vote is stop debate on the bill.
that is where lieberman stated he would filibuster the bill.
90 posted on
11/21/2009 10:33:34 AM PST by
ncalburt
(San Fran Nan , Your Harvey Milk was gunned down by a fellow Dem-RAT)
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