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To: PROCON

I don’t understand. It got 59 votes. Send it to the President and force him to VETO it.


13 posted on 11/19/2014 2:40:37 PM PST by skinndogNN
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To: skinndogNN
I don’t understand. It got 59 votes. Send it to the President and force him to VETO it.

Under Senate cloture rules, it takes 3/5 of the Senate to pass.

Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.

17 posted on 11/19/2014 2:45:24 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: skinndogNN

59% is a defeat - democrats lose the 2014 mid-terms, Obama spins it as a win saying those who didn’t vote gave him a mandate.


18 posted on 11/19/2014 2:49:46 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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