On Dec 13, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Marty Hart-Landsberg wrote:
But I am not sure that what happened is in accord with what Carl
says below, that the democrats "could have passed the bill but not
have defeated the filibuster."
According to the papers the bill did pass, with 52 votes. Doesnt a
filibuster take place to stop a vote? Isnt it the case that once a
filibuster starts, which means talking to stop a vote, that you need
60 votes to force a vote on the motion. But the papers claim that
there was a vote on the measure and it passed.
I dont think that the Republicans actually launched a filibuster--so
when does the threat become real--
It's one of those arcane procedural things. It needed 60 votes just to
bring it to the floor.
Doug
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