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AnswerTwo-Thirds of the senate.
With a 2/3 vote. So from 100 senators, 66 have to agree on the treaty.
2/3 of them must vote
two-thirds of the Senators
No senators vote in the house of representatives. Senators vote in the Senate.
66.666%.
66% or a two-thirds majority of the Senate. Abstentions or neutral votes do not count, so the number of yes votes must be at least twice as much as the amount of no votes.
Senators vote on if a law should pass. If 2/3 vote for the bill to pass, it does.
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60. 60 out of of 100 senators would be 60% or 3/5th. 2/3rds is .66666667. The nearest whole number would be 67, even if at times we fantasize drawing and quartering a senator or two. So it would take 67 senators to approve a treaty.
The citizens of each state vote for their state senators.