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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:11:06 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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How does DeMint prevent 99 senators from confirming the TSA nominee?

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41 of them must not be convinced he is the right guy.


Nope. One. He quit because he didn't want to become a political football.
He
was highly qualified. Read up on it.

It takes more than one guy to play "football".
If 60 Senators wanted to shut Demint down he would have been shut
down. If you said they couldn't get 60, I would agree.
60 can force a vote on anything, remember what happened right before
Christmas?


You don't know the rules of the Senate. Check it out. Any senator can do
this.

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Nom=de=Plume