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To: kjam22
I’m confused. “approve it”... and “vote against it” seem functionally the same to me.

Approving a treaty requires 2/3 yes votes. Vote against it requires 60 senators to break a filibuster so 40 wanting it would be able to prevent disapproval and allow it to go into effect. There's a huge difference between needing 67 and 40 to "approve it".

11 posted on 04/15/2015 7:03:24 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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To: KarlInOhio

And even if you get 60 votes the president would still need to sign it. If he doesn’t then the Senate would need 2/3 of the votes to override his veto.

Congress has essentially abdicated all its power. The president is king.


27 posted on 04/15/2015 8:08:00 AM PDT by aquila48
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