To: Erik Latranyi
If true, that makes 58 Yea. 3 more to be fillibuster-proof. 2 more. Cloture passes with a 3/5th affirmative. It takes 41 votes to defeat the motion.
39 posted on
01/26/2006 12:01:19 PM PST by
Cboldt
To: Cboldt
2 more. Cloture passes with a 3/5th affirmative. It takes 41 votes to defeat the motion.OK, I went to public skool!
73 posted on
01/26/2006 12:28:33 PM PST by
Erik Latranyi
(9-11 is your Peace Dividend)
To: Cboldt
By my calculation, we have only 54
committed YEAS. Four Republicans
have NOT committed to Alito yet.
Rinos Snowe and Collins of Maine,
Chafee of Rhode Island and Stevens
of Alaska.
87 posted on
01/26/2006 12:42:18 PM PST by
Grendel9
(u ()
To: Cboldt
What happens if some Senators don't vote and the vote is, say, 59-38? That is over 60%...
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