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reply posted on 13-2-2009 @ 05:23 PM by Jay-in-AR
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I wonder if those folks who don't agree with it have been THREATENED to vote for it?
Remember when all of those folks skipped out of town a few years ago to escape a vote?
HAHA.
Doesn't matter, this will be rammed down our throats also.



reply posted on 13-2-2009 @ 05:29 PM by redhatty
reply to post by Benevolent Heretic



they need 60 to pass it

At least that's what the headline on CSPAN says


reply posted on 13-2-2009 @ 05:47 PM by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by skeptic1



They already lost the chance to filibuster. They're voting. A filibuster comes before a vote. That's its purpose. To stall the vote.


reply posted on 13-2-2009 @ 05:49 PM by skeptic1
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Gotcha. My bad...long day.

It is going to be voting along party lines, more or less, just like in the House.


reply posted on 13-2-2009 @ 06:01 PM by David9176
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Everywhere I read it says it needs 60 to pass.

Here is why:


Since When Does The Senate Need 60 Votes To Pass Legislation


So I bet you’re now thinking that the Senate Republicans filibustered this legislation. Well, you’d be wrong. The Senate Republicans, as they have done for virtually every major piece of legislation since 2006, have THREATENED to filibuster. They haven’t actually done it. And every time they do, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tries to get 60 votes to stop them, or the legislation dies.

teresacentric.com...

Threatening to filibuster is almost as powerful as a filibuster itself, at least by what i'm reading.


[edit on 13-2-2009 by David9176]


reply posted on 13-2-2009 @ 06:04 PM by skeptic1
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I don't know, but CNN is saying it, too.

The Senate's version of the bill narrowly passed by a 61-37 vote -- one more than needed.

Reid was looking for additional votes out of an abundance of caution, the aide said, after learning that Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, who returned to Capitol Hill for votes this week, will not be present for the final vote because he returned to Florida to continue his recovery from brain cancer.

Reid was concerned that if a Democratic senator gets sick or has some other unforeseen obligation, he could have trouble getting the bill passed, the aide said.

Reid also was concerned because the three GOP moderates suggested that they did not want to provide the decisive 60th vote for passage, the aide said.


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