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To: Cboldt

What is the vote requirement for passage in the Senate?


17 posted on 02/13/2009 12:20:57 PM PST by Gill (Gill)
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To: Gill
-- What is the vote requirement for passage in the Senate? --

It takes unanimous consent to agree to take the vote, and if unanimity doesn't exist (if there is one objector), then it takes 60 to get around the objection and set a time to take the vote.

Waiving a statutory point of order takes 60 votes. E.g., the bill is off budget.

Passage is a majority of those voting.

It is not uncommon for the senate to agree to combine one of the inevitable 60 vote hurdles with a vote on final passage, and just agree that it takes 60 votes to obtain final passage. IOW, take one vote at a 60 hurdle, instead of one at 60 and one at majority.

Passage of treaties takes 2/3rds, per the constitution.

20 posted on 02/13/2009 12:31:27 PM PST by Cboldt
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