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  • Help! Can Someone Exlain What a "Procedural Vote" Is in the U.S. Senate?

    08/19/2016 6:48:11 PM PDT · by MrChips · 22 replies
    August 19, 2016 | vanity
    OK, so I understand that the Republicans in the Senate passed a vote on the Zike virus legislation 52 to 48, but that "because it was a procedural vote, it required 60 to pass. Thus, the Democrats blocked it (for various reasons I don't need to get into). Just what does it mean for it to be a "procedural vote"? I don't understand.