Final passage of the bill would then require only a simple majority of 51.
Steps needed include the naming of conferees, a House-Senate conference, and final passage (a simple majority) in both Houses.
We expect final passage in March, extending to 2010 the 2008 expiration of the capital gains and dividend tax rates.
The leaders in the Senate are gonna try for a vote tomorrow to cut off the debate and get to final passage.
Cuomo and legislative leaders had once targeted last Sunday for a deal, with final passage of the voluminous budget bills by Thursday.
Its final passage surely would not have been possible without Reid's cooperation.
However, supporters concede they are still short of the 60 votes they need to cut off debate and move on to final passage of the measure.
Both these major issues have been blocking final passage of the agriculture spending bill, and House and Senate conferees will meet Monday to work out the final details.
Neither Toomey nor Manchin predicted the Senate would approve gun legislation and both said their vote on final passage would depend on what the measure looked like when debate ends.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled the measure from the floor Thursday night because it fell 15 votes short of the number needed to move it on to final passage.
Obama said Wednesday that the Senate agreement created "a new framework that I believe will help pave the way for final passage" of what he called historic health care reform legislation.
The Senate made critical progress last night with a creative new framework that I believe will help pave the way for final passage and a historic achievement on behalf of the American people.
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While the amendment appears unlikely to gain approval as congressional leaders try to keep the spending bill on track for final passage before March 27, when the current government spending provisions expire, it opens the door for debate.
The House could have voted on final passage as early as Thursday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed the vote back to Friday after many House Democrats, upset that some education spending was pulled from the final plan, said they wanted to read the bill's language closely before voting.
West Germany were the Italians' opponents in the final, though their passage was marred by a semifinal penalties victory over France principally remembered for a horrendous challenge by West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher which left Frenchman Patrick Battiston unconscious.
But he was broken for a third time as Nadal stepped up a gear before wrapping up his passage to the final.
Sharapova rejected the notion the match was a dead rubber, with her passage to the final four already secured, as well as Stosur's exit.
And four minutes later, with Asec entirely defeated, substitute Zouit volleyed a deft flick past Kone to confirm Raja's passage to the final - and an all-North African tie with Egyptians Zamalek.
Nadal finally won a game on his serve for 5-1 before breaking Davydenko but in the next game the Russian booked his passage to the final by taking his third match point.
Hughes ensured there was no easy passage to the final for Harrison as he took the fight to the Olympic gold medallist, only to be dropped to the canvas late on and lose on points 30-26, 29-27, 29-28.
And Beardsley guaranteed Stevenage's passage through to the final with his crisp strike close to the final whistle.
Berhane Aregaye put Eritrea in the lead after four minutes but second half strikes by Allain Ndizeye and Calude Nahimana secured Burundi's passage to the semi final.
Clarke's decisive strike ensured Newry's passage into the 28 February final in which they will face either Glentoran or Portadown who play on Wednesday night.
After a 3-0 win over Liberia's Lone Star in Lome on Sunday, the Hawks require an away draw against Congo, in their final Group One match in Brazzaville, to secure passage to football's most prestigious event.
United, having already clinched third place, are assured of qualification to next season's Europa League and victory in the Scottish Cup final for the Taysiders would give the fifth place side passage to the same Uefa competition.
Still, the final budget is expected to beat the April 1 deadline for passage and become the third straight on-time budget for the state.
But after an easy passage through the first phase of the 2010 preliminaries, Morocco have struggled in their final round group, picking up two points from their first three matches.
On your first question on the CR, I mean, we obviously support the passage of the three-week CR, precisely because we need the time to negotiate a final CR for fiscal year 2011.
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