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To: Ben Ficklin
This is a treaty and requires 67 votes.

The Constitution specifies "two thirds of Senators present concur," not two thirds of the Senate. That means a treaty can be ratified legally with 34 votes. You either know better and are lying, or you are a clueless idiot, or you haven't read the Constitution (which fits). Take your pick.

Treaties have been ratified by voice vote with no record of a quorum, no committee vote, and no recorded vote.

8 posted on 06/14/2012 5:52:40 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party: advancing indenture since 1787.)
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To: Carry_Okie

So if the treaty makes it out of committee and onto the floor, what will the vote totals be?


9 posted on 06/15/2012 3:12:10 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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