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Old 09-22-2012, 07:23 AM   #29900
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Re: ** Official Strongly Condemning Prez BHO, Nobel Peace Prize Winner (2009), Thread

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Originally Posted by Route_2 View Post
This argument holds zero water. As has been stated several times in these forums, even with a simple Democratic majority in the Senate, Republicans had the filibuster threat at their disposal, which required a super-majority to break.


...a Senate rule requires a supermajority of three fifths to move to a vote through a cloture motion, which closes debate on a bill or nomination, thus ending a filibuster by a minority of members. In current practice, the mere threat of a filibuster prevents passing almost any measure that has less than three-fifths agreement in the Senate, 60 of the 100 senators if every seat is filled and voting.


then how do you explain Obama care, which went thru with less than 60 votes?

Oh yea, they can force thru anything they want... forgot about that.



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