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Anonymous ID: cb3272 Dec. 20, 2018, 9:29 p.m. No.4404552   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4577 >>4794

>>4404520

It 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 the senators voting. If everyone is present, it takes 51 votes, or 50 votes if the vice president votes to break the tie. Under the current rules of the Senate–which can be altered by a majority vote–it takes 60 votes to proceed to a vote on a bill when some senators want to continue debate forever, or filibuster.

 

It has not traditionally been the custom that every bill gets a filibuster and so requires 60 votes in order to pass; plenty of bills in the past have passed the Senate with fewer than 60 votes. In recent years, the filibuster has changed from an occasional gambit to a more routine part of the process. Since the Democrats took back the Senate after the 2006 elections, it has become almost a matter of course that a bill opposed by most of the minority party will have to overcome a filibuster in order to pass.

 

But that doesn’t mean that a bill needs 60 votes to be approved; it means 41 senators can keep a bill from being voted on. The distinction is worth making, particularly since the ability of the minority to obstruct is dependent on the willingness of the majority to be obstructed.

Anonymous ID: cb3272 Dec. 20, 2018, 9:55 p.m. No.4404867   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4903

>>4404848

Remember when China bought water rights in Tibet?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-signs-h-r-1872-h-r-2454-h-r-3996-h-r-4111-law/

'''H.R. 1872, the “Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018,” which

promotes access for diplomats, other officials, journalists, and others from the United States to Tibetan areas of China;'''

Anonymous ID: cb3272 Dec. 20, 2018, 10:13 p.m. No.4405060   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>4405029

Mensa level…Mensa's requirement for membership is a score at or above the 98th percentile on certain standardised IQ or other approved intelligence tests, such as the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales. The minimum accepted score on the Stanford–Binet is 132, while for the Cattell it is 148.

 

Mensa level doesn't mean you can mingle with normal people. Doesn't even mean you can mingle with other mensa level entities.