To: oldfart; Sunnyflorida; FreeReign
Senators can filibuster a bill or nominee so that it doesn't get voted on. I believe takes 60+ votes to end a filibuster. Republicans nearly ended up doing this for some judicial nominees until McCain and some others came up with the gang of 14.
Unless I'm mistaken, Senators can also hold up bills in committees by not bringing them up for a vote and other shenanigans. So far, Democrats have used these tactics while Republicans have not.
1,551 posted on
03/04/2008 8:32:28 PM PST by
pulaskibush
(USA, founded by tolerant Christians. USSR, founded by intolerant Secularist.)
To: pulaskibush
Senators can filibuster a bill or nominee so that it doesn't get voted on. I believe takes 60+ votes to end a filibuster.Yes, that would take at least 40, which is certainly more than a "handful".
More improtantly, do you really think we have 40 such Senators.
To: pulaskibush; oldfart; Sunnyflorida; FreeReign
Ding, ding, ding.
Now FreeReign, I’ll show you one more way, of several, if you promise to not be and arse?
1,568 posted on
03/04/2008 8:36:13 PM PST by
Sunnyflorida
(Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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