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To: TigerPaw who wrote (6394)4/2/2002 5:31:32 PM
From: Bald Eagle  Read Replies (2) of 21057
 
Quorum in the Senate is 51, so I guess that 34 could override a veto, assuming it was overridden by the House too.

Action by both the House and the Senate is mandated. A two-thirds
majority vote by Members present (provided there is a quorum), and
not of those elected, is required to override a presidential veto.
When one house fails to override, the other house will not attempt
to override, even if the votes are present to succeed. Senate
or House of Representatives action on a veto may be taken at any
time during a Congress in which the veto is received. Most often,
however, if a vote or other action is to occur, it will take place
within a week or two of the veto's being cast.

Anyway, it's still not the same as what's required to stop a filibuster.
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