Areas of the cortex located just behind the temples containing the neurons responsible for the sense of hearing and meaningful speech. Frontal Lobes Areas of the cortex located in the front and top of the brain, responsible for higher mental processes and decision making as well as the production of fluent speech.
As a practical matter, some might argue, if a filibuster is threatened and it takes 60 votes to end debate in the Senate, then it does take 60 votes to pass a bill. Nothing in the Constitution says that a three-fifths majority is necessary to pass ordinary legislation.
As it was, the bill was passed by 219 votes to 212. Tonight, at a time when the pundits said it was no longer possible, we rose above the weight of our politics, Obama said during a late-night appearance at the White House.