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Home ยป Congress Votes to Repeal Global Gag Rule

Good news for a change!

Submitted by Elizabeth on 10 September 2007 - 4:53pm.
The vote in the Senate happened on Sept. 6, and it went beyond what was passed by the House, so does that mean that there is now a conference committee that needs to resolve the differences? That would seem to be the case based on this summary of H.R. 2764.

If this does not incur a veto I'll be amazed given this Statement of Administration Policy.

It's worth noting that a two-thirds majority of the House would be needed to override the veto (the rule is 2/3 of the chamber where the bill originated) and the House vote was 241-178. Seems they'd need to turn up 46 more votes if I did my math right and understand the situation correctly (neither is a given at this moment!).

So, can they do it?
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