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bob ford
bobford79 at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 28 01:42:47 EDT 2008
Uhh. According to the Constitution it only takes a simple majority to pass a measure in either house of congress. It does take 2/3 to overide a veto (which has been rarely used by this President) and should present no problem if both the house and the senate remain democrats with a democrat president. It takes 60 votes (not 2/3) to stop a filibuster in the senate; but filibusters have become increasingly ineffective, anway.
It only takes a simple majority to pass a bill in either the House or the Senate. The democrats, in fact , do, have a voting majority in both the house and senate. ..........love the constitution, like my country, disdainful of the government.....bobford
--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Lynda <lurine at softcom.net> wrote:
> From: Lynda <lurine at softcom.net>
>
> Second, interesting that you should bring up 2/3s. It
> takes a 2/3s vote to
> pass a bill in either the House or the Senate. The Dems do
> NOT have a
> voting majority. Therefore, they do NOT "control it
> all" nor will they
> "control it all" if Teflon gets elected.
>
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