To: Blood of Tyrants
The Senate voted 57-41 on a procedural measure allowing lawmakers to move toward debate on financial regulatory overhaul legislation, falling short of the 60 votes needed. All GOP senators present voted against invoking cloture, joined by at least one Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson (D., Neb.). They failed to invoke cloture. This means that they can not proceed to a vote.
The Democrats have failed to preclude a Filibuster.
12 posted on
04/26/2010 3:46:09 PM PDT by
Pontiac
To: Pontiac
They need 60 votes to move forward, not 41 to block it ...
19 posted on
04/26/2010 3:52:12 PM PDT by
Tarpon
( ...Rude crude socialist Obama depends on ignorance to force his will on people)
To: Pontiac
Oh, I know what it means. It also means that at least one Repub either didn’t vote or voted FOR cloture.
aynrandfreak says that there were two Repubs not voting.
33 posted on
04/26/2010 4:36:17 PM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
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