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To: goldstategop
We don't have the 2/3rds to overcome in the Senate.I'm not sure if this is filibuster or simply to redistrict.Somebody else up on this?
15 posted on 07/09/2003 6:11:15 AM PDT by MEG33
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To: MEG33
Yup. Its hard with RINOs trying to go and beg mercy from liberal massah. ;-)
17 posted on 07/09/2003 6:14:19 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: MEG33
We don't have the 2/3rds to overcome in the Senate


This is a tradiditon that the Senate has operated under for many years. It takes 2/3rds of the senators present and voting to bring any piece of legislation to the floor of the Senate for legislative action. A simple majority is needed to pass this type legislation.
25 posted on 07/09/2003 6:31:30 AM PDT by deport (On a hot day don't kick a cow chip...... only democrat enablers..)
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