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168 / 248 = 0.67 Overriding a veto could be quite easy if this gets sent back to the House.

• eck 14y ago
  That's not how the math works. It's 2/3 * 435 = 290, so they're still 42 votes short.
  • InclinedPlane 14y ago
    They'd need a 2/3 majority in the Senate as well.
    • ajross 14y ago
      The margin they have isn't even enough to get past the 60% cloture vote to pass it in the first place.
      • r00fus 14y ago
        Hopefully that's where it dies - along with a lot of good legislation in the past -dead waiting for the "silent filibuster" to end.
  • smashing 14y ago
    I just assumed it was 2/3 of a majority of sitting members. I am surprised at all the downvotes though, but I guess that is how YCombinator news works.