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FTA: > Legendary tech investor and political mover Ron Conway has a stern warning for the 54 senators who rejected an amendment to expand background checks on

FTA: > Legendary tech investor and political mover Ron Conway has a stern warning for the 54 senators who rejected an amendment to expand background checks on firearms sales on Wednesday, a vote that flew in the face of public opinion. 54 senators voted for the amendment, and 46 against, not the other way around. Is it too much to ask to proofread the first paragraph of your article before publishing it? The amendment failed to be added because it needed 60 votes total, not because a simple majority voted it down.

crgt 14y ago
It needed 60 votes to defeat the filibuster. Only needed 51 votes to pass, but there was no way to get to a vote on the actual legislation without the 60 votes needed to defeat the filibuster. More here: http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/for-the-love-of-god-just-call-it-a-filibuster/275087/ http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/for-the-lo...