Nobody is in control of the Senate. It takes 60 votes to "end debate", so most of the time if 41 out of 45 Republicans want to block something, it'll be blocked.

That happened in this case; 41 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted against it, and that's how come the Republicans are being blamed.

Since it was a Senate cloture vote, 60 votes were needed instead of a simple majority.

Republicans were 41 out of the 42; Democrats were 54 of the 58. Four Republicans and One Democrat crossed party lines.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00282

Here's the link: http://www.senate.gov/legislat...

From a quick scan of the yeas and nays, I only found one Democrat who voted against it and four Republicans voted for it.

I grew up in the 70s. I was a nerd and my friends were nerds. I don't recall any of my friends having an option to take classes like this

We did use terminals at the main city library to play games like Oregon Trail, but learning to code wasn't an option until I got past high school Algebra

My guess is that you needed a special invitation to get into these classes, and you could only get an invitation if your parents or teachers knew the right people.

In my experience, it's OK if my boss isn't technical if:

• 1) they know it
• 2) their boss knows it
• 3) the team is technically competent
• 4) the team's opinions are respected
• 4) the boss doesn't make any promises (without consulting the team first)

Our troops are making standard military pay for doing a fairly stress free job (compared to other military jobs).

Given that Russia is essentially a kleptocracy, I have to wonder how safe their nukes are.

I heard that we're not sure whether the Challenger Deep is really the deepest spot in the ocean. Is that true? If it is, I'm surprised that we don't have sonar and satellite data to know fore sure. What's keeping us from getting the data?

I was also surprised that Challenger Deep is flat (not what I'd expect a trench to be like). Can you give us an idea of the scale of the place and what the topography is like?

I never said that nobody who does shift work is smart, just that people who aren't smart may be more likely do end up doing shift work than people who are.

I already voted.

Cascadia^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Washington State, 100% vote by mail

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