It will be no small victory for Republicans to deny Democrats a filibuster-proof 60-seat supermajority or even a working one of 58 seats if you add Arlen Specter and Susan Collins to the Dem caucus.
Democrats in the Senate are hoping to win 60 seats -- enough to secure a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
Nonetheless, snagging a recession-proof government job--where layoffs are scarce--is a time-honored strategy during a downturn.
They used to say in Britain that if you want to own a recession-proof business you should buy a pub or become a bookmaker.
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He will not like a proposal to allow more federally funded stem-cell research, but Ms Pelosi thinks she can assemble a veto-proof two-thirds majority for it.
Despite a veto-proof majority of council members supporting a bill to require city employers to provide workers with paid sick days, Ms. Quinn had blocked the measure from coming to the floor for years.
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After Senate leaders jockeyed for days over procedural issues tied to consideration of the bills, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, unexpectedly announced Wednesday morning that Republicans would agree to Democratic demands and hold back-to-back votes requiring neither side to garner a filibuster-proof 60-vote margin.
Obama, near the end of his inaugural address on Monday, made what appeared to be an oblique reference to the partisan battles between himself, the GOP-controlled House and the Senate -- where Democrats have control but do not have a filibuster-proof majority.
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By rethinking its playscript, the company was able to monetize its technical advantage, create new links to customers and find a profitable, future-proof niche in a fast-moving, unforgiving environment.
Personally, I'm convinced that the answer to America's immigration woes is a middle-of-the-road approach that combines enforcement measures (continued workplace raids, speedier deportations, more spending on tools and technology for border patrol agents, etc.) with guest workers, an increase in legal immigration, a tamper-proof ID card for all U.S. employees, tougher sanctions for employers and a path to earned legalization for illegal immigrants who came into the country before January 1, 2000.
Inevitably, the success of a seemingly recession-proof economy gets this country a very strong financial press - even if, as we noted a few weeks back, the talk over the coming months will be of whether it has been infected by the "Dutch disease", an over-reliance on the booming resources sector that is having a distorting effect on the economy as a whole.
Because clones of popular web sites still are almost a fool-proof formula for success in China.
Now Republican fears are growing that Democrats could lock in a filibuster-proof 60-40 majority in Congress.
There is, as has been widely observed, no such thing as a fool-proof system.
It has a blast-proof floor, armour-plated glass and was thought to be chemical, biological and nuclear-proof.
The combination of the actors and the premise made it a review-proof comedy, Rocco said.
He wore a bullet-proof jacket before going in but the bullets got him anyway.
In the Senate, Republicans would like to boost their majority to a filibuster-proof 60 seats.
Even if the Democrats don't win a filibuster-proof 60 seats in the Senate, there are Republicans, including U.S. Sen.
The bill passed by wide margins, but in the House of Representatives it fell short of a veto-proof margin.
Neither party has had a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate since the 95th Congress, from 1977 to 1979.
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Add the votes of liberal Republicans like Arlen Specter and Susan Collins and the Democrats may reach a filibuster-proof majority.
Mr. RICHARD DEVLIN (President, Midwest Bartenders School): Bartending is a recession-proof industry.
And for the brands, it is a DVR-proof way of getting their message across and associating their name with an established franchise.
And Republicans suffered a further setback on Monday in their fight to stop the Democrats winning a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
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But unless Republicans win a filibuster-proof 60 seats in the Senate, he will not be able to repeal Obamacare or Dodd-Frank outright.
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