Someone explain Senate procedure to me v. 60 votes needed for Iraq vote
Can someone explain to me this whole Senate 60 votes needed to move forward on a vote thing? What is the procedure or rule which allows this to happen?...
Can someone explain to me this whole Senate 60 votes needed to move forward on a vote thing? What is the procedure or rule which allows this to happen?...
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07-19-2007, 02:57 AM
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| Common Sense Conservative  Realist 
| Someone explain Senate procedure to me v. 60 votes needed for Iraq vote Can someone explain to me this whole Senate 60 votes needed to move forward on a vote thing? What is the procedure or rule which allows this to happen? | ||||
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07-19-2007, 03:03 AM
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| Junkie  Conservative Party
| any Senator can start a filibuster. They can delay the vote until Armageddon. Only way to stop a filibuster is to have 60 votes. Thus, real controversial bills dont go forward without 60 votes. | ||||
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07-19-2007, 11:09 AM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard  Communist Moscow
| they are such pussies since they don't even make them actually filibuster anymore  | ||||
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07-19-2007, 11:11 AM
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| Hamiltonian > Jeffersonian  Libertarian Party DFW
| Originally Posted by thomez 
__________________ “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.” --Alexander Hamilton--  | ||||
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07-19-2007, 01:19 PM
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| Yeah, that guy.  Progressive Oregon
| Originally Posted by Diesel66 Didn't the GOP make a big stink about having an 'up or down' vote a few years ago?
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07-19-2007, 01:20 PM
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| Dirty Liberal  Democrat South Jersey
| Originally Posted by garbagemanlb Yes. Yes they did.
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