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To: bigLusr

So if we get 55 for cloture, 31 against and 14 present.....

What happens next?


187 posted on 01/27/2006 10:24:18 AM PST by Chuck54 (Alito Battle - Liberals expected Armageddon & got Dunkirk. (C. Krauthammer)
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To: Chuck54

The nomination will still be up for debate. Cloture requires 3/5 of those present to vote for.

Not that it'll happen...


192 posted on 01/27/2006 10:25:34 AM PST by bigLusr (Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur)
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To: Chuck54

Where did you get such an idea that 14 would vote present?


193 posted on 01/27/2006 10:26:18 AM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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