" WASHINGTON - The Senate on Friday blocked a Democratic proposal that would have paid for the Iraq war but required that troops start coming home.
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The 53-45 vote was seven votes short of the 60 needed to advance. It came minutes after the Senate rejected a Republican proposal to pay for the Iraq war with no strings attached."
I took a basic civics class, and I recall that a bill needs 50 votes to pass. This is mysterious and bizarre to me. If anyone can explain why these anti-war bills work on some different formula I would be obliged. War is always.
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