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To: OXENinFLA

FYI..did you see the bit about Durbin yesterday trying to get the cahir to say that 60 votes was needed to invoke cloture..?

19 posted on 05/25/2005 4:23:33 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)

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To: ken5050

FYI..did you see the bit about Durbin yesterday trying to get the cahir to say that 60 votes was needed to invoke cloture..?

No, I missed that.........I'll find it later.

25 posted on 05/25/2005 4:49:10 AM PDT by OXENinFLA ("And that [Atomic] bomb is a filibuster" ~~~ Sen. Lieberman 1-4-95)

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To: ken5050

Are you sure that was Durbin?

86 posted on 05/25/2005 6:14:02 AM PDT by OXENinFLA ("And that [Atomic] bomb is a filibuster" ~~~ Sen. Lieberman 1-4-95)

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To: ken5050

Is this what you're talking about?

Mr. LEVIN. Parliamentary inquiry.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.

Mr. LEVIN. Under the rules and precedents of the Senate, how many votes are required to invoke cloture and end debate on the pending nomination?

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.

89 posted on 05/25/2005 6:15:24 AM PDT by OXENinFLA ("And that [Atomic] bomb is a filibuster" ~~~ Sen. Lieberman 1-4-95)

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