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...days before the stakeout, the House of Representatives had voted 350 to 73 to override the veto--far exceeding the required two-thirds majority. Now the override depended on two-thirds of the 100 Senators. Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd had to keep his troops disciplined; only 34 "no" votes could defeat the override...
With only 54 democratic Senators, Byrd had to keep 13 Republican away form their President by using the bill's carefully wrought generosity to large states with Republican delegates, such as Pennsylvania. The New York Times reporters said it was one of the few votes they had seen that was too close for even a hunch...
...wasn't over. Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, known as a specialist in parliamentary technique, changed his vote to favor the override so that Senate rules would permit him to move that the vote be reconsidered. He then managed to postpone a vote on this motion by further maneuvering, in order to buy time for pressuring Sanford...
...that afternoon, amid mutual efforts at chivalrous good sportsmanship by Dole and Byrd, the Senate defeated President Reagan by the bare margin...
...days later the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 52 to 48, narrowly defeated an attempt to cut off the $40 million remaining of a $100 million aid package appropriated to the contras last year. "This is no Administration victory," warned Majority Leader Robert Byrd. "This is an alarm bell." Coming one week after an anti-contra House vote on the $40 million, the close Senate vote reaffirmed that Congress is in no mood to humor President Reagan by approving more money for the rebels. The Administration had been cautiously planning to stall until next fall on its request...