To: Salvation
A bill is “defeated” because 168 out of 435 vote against it?
Could someone please explain?
Thanks.
17 posted on
06/03/2012 6:59:11 PM PDT by
samtheman
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To: samtheman
A bill is defeated because 168 out of 435 vote against it?
Under the rules that they used to bring it to a vote, they needed 2/3 majority to pass it. They had only a little over 61%.
18 posted on
06/03/2012 7:03:55 PM PDT by
aruanan
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