Don't Trust Snakes: Oh, I beg to differ, part 2

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ROGER THORNHILL

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Oh, I beg to differ, part 2

In the Senate, though, you need 60 votes to actually get a bill passed. - Sen. Barack Obama, "The Late Show with David Letterman," April 9, 2007

Yes, the more sophisticated among us understand what he meant, but still. This is probably the only exposure hundreds of thousands of people will have this year to a statement about the vote you need to pass a bill in the Senate.

For the record, you need 51 votes, a simple majority, to "actually get a bill passed." If there is a filibuster, you need 60 votes to impose cloture and thereby force the matter to a vote after not more than 30 additional hours of debate. Filibusters don't occur very often.

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