Comments on: The 60-Vote Myth http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/13/the-60-vote-myth/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:38:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » How Many Votes Does It Take to Pass a Senate Bill? http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/13/the-60-vote-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » How Many Votes Does It Take to Pass a Senate Bill? Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:17:08 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=5700#comment-3086 [...] really is worth being specific on this: It does not take 60 votes to pass an ordinary bill in the Senate; it takes a majority of [...] [...] really is worth being specific on this: It does not take 60 votes to pass an ordinary bill in the Senate; it takes a majority of [...]

]]> By: jhm http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/02/13/the-60-vote-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 jhm Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:49:26 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=5700#comment-2804 <a href='http://www.congressmatters.com/storyonly/2009/2/7/161443/9275/436/583' rel="nofollow">Congress Matters</a> puts paid to your assertion that the 60 votes were needed for cloture on the stimulus [h/t <a href='http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/016881.php' rel="nofollow">Zoon Politikon</a>]:<blockquote>The bill will be subject to a point of order due to its deficit spending, but the point of order can be waived by a 3/5 vote of the Senate. So that means passage would ultimately have required 60 votes whether Republicans filibustered or not.</blockquote> Congress Matters puts paid to your assertion that the 60 votes were needed for cloture on the stimulus [h/t Zoon Politikon]:
The bill will be subject to a point of order due to its deficit spending, but the point of order can be waived by a 3/5 vote of the Senate. So that means passage would ultimately have required 60 votes whether Republicans filibustered or not.

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