Define Majority
I've been seeing a phrase in the news media that is irritating to no end...
"The 60 votes needed to pass health care reform in the Senate."
It doesn't take 60 votes to pass anything in the Senate. It only takes 51 votes, or 50 plus the VP. It takes 60 votes to override a filibuster, which apparently everyone thinks is a foregone conclusion. And even if Republicans did filibuster, the process of Reconciliation (which Republicans used constantly from 2002-2006) can override a filibuster with only 51 votes. And now it's being said they want 80 votes? That's just absurd.
We better have us some universal health care, with a public option, by Thanksgiving.
"The 60 votes needed to pass health care reform in the Senate."
It doesn't take 60 votes to pass anything in the Senate. It only takes 51 votes, or 50 plus the VP. It takes 60 votes to override a filibuster, which apparently everyone thinks is a foregone conclusion. And even if Republicans did filibuster, the process of Reconciliation (which Republicans used constantly from 2002-2006) can override a filibuster with only 51 votes. And now it's being said they want 80 votes? That's just absurd.
We better have us some universal health care, with a public option, by Thanksgiving.