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To: MagnoliaB

They only need 60 votes to break a filibuster, not for passage. Need only 50 for passage, with the Vice President casting the tie breaking 51st vote. So 1 Republican can vote no, and all the Democrats vote no and they can still get it passed.


19 posted on 01/19/2018 8:19:52 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
"They only need 60 votes to break a filibuster,..."

Not according to the new Reid nuclear option. We used his new rules to confirm Gorsuch for the USSC. Not surprised he had a fight with his treadmill after passing that new Senate rule. Not being an expert and don't know what legislation the Nuke Option applies to, that was the dumbest thing I've ever seen a dim/socialist do. Talk about unintended consequences. Har!

Well maybe, Pelosi passing Obamacare in he the middle of the night with NO Republican support was the worst. "We have to pass it to see what's in it". Pfft.

42 posted on 01/19/2018 8:50:43 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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