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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 12:54 PM
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House resolution to support research on ocean acidification goes DOWN, largely along party lines.
Edited on Tue Jun-15-10 12:55 PM by JohnWxy
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/341

241 Democrats and 19 Republicans and voted for it.

150 Republicans and 22 Dems voted against it.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 01:00 PM
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1. Why didn't it pass with a vote of 260 to 172? Why did it require more than a majority to pass?
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 01:03 PM
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2. 260 for - 172 against is a loss?
no fucking wonder nothing gets passed.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 01:56 PM
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3. Resolutions require a supermajority nt
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