How a bill becomes a law

Posted at 5:08 PM on November 1, 2008 by Mike Mulcahy (1 Comments)
Filed under: U.S. Senate

A listener from St. Paul sent me this wondering how the Minnesota GOP (which paid for this flyer) could confuse the number of votes needed to end a filibuster (60) with the number of votes needed to override a veto (67).

Should we chalk this up to a last minute lack of proofreading or a poor understanding of the constitution? If the Democrats somehow end up with 67 Senate seats after the election that REALLY would be news!

Comments (1)

There are at least 2 flyers with the same mistake. It's not a one-time thing. Someone with the MN GOP either hasn't read Article 1 Section 2 Clause 7 or the MN GOP is afraid that "filibuster" isn't a compelling argument in this race.

Given Coleman's flip-flop on the filibuster -- every bill deserved an up or down vote when he was a member of the majority, but he has voted repeatedly against cloture as a member of the minority -- I'm not surprised to see the MN GOP is not using the word.

Posted by Jim Scott | November 1, 2008 6:10 PM

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