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Originally Posted by vft1008
For those not following along well:
-As a standalone bill/piece of legislation, this needs a super majority to pass in the senate, which means 60 votes, which means we would need 10 R votes, assuming all non-Rs would vote for it.
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Minor point here. The bill only needs a simple majority to pass the Senate (51 votes) it needs 60 to overcome a filibuster. It's possible they get 10 Republicans to overcome filibuster and they just don't vote for the actual bill.