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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Follies who wrote (112032)	9/6/2011 10:51:16 AM
From: Paul V.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224729

Follies, Are you saying that both the Dems and Repubs both control the Senate since they both have 40%? You need to review the Senate Rules. In the Senate it takes a super majority to pass any legislation The ruling party must have 60 VOTES for passage of legislation unless the Senate votes by super majority to lower the vote for passage to 50 votes as they have done for the Deficit Super Committee of 12. Therefore, a minority can block passage of any legislative vote. Also, legislation can be halted by a single Senator filibustering. Therefore, the proposed bill in the Senate can not proceed. Even if the Republicans would win the Senate in the next election the Republicans would have to have at least 60% of those present and voting to get any changes made. And, I would doubt the Republicans would be able to take over the Senate with 60 Republican votes. Result: Checkmate!!! OBama's Healthcare bill still stays intact. OBama, wins again regarding healthcare even if he is out of office . Filibuster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the parliamentary procedure. A filibuster is a type of parliamentary procedure. Specifically, it is the right of an individual to extend debate, allowing a lone member to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal. It is commonly referred to as talking out a bill, [1] and characterized as a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body.