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In response to "If you want to follow the vote tally live -- (link)" by ty97

I'm not seeing very many Freedom Caucus members on the No side.

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) May 4 '17, 10:29

Makes me think this has a greater chance of passing than Attempt #1.

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The whole reason we're back here is b/c they did enough (additional) evil things to get the FC mostly on board. -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:40 1
- That makes sense. I've been out of the loop for the past couple of days. -- nm - Strongbad May 4, 10:52
The whole point of the latest round of amendments was to secure their support, so I would be surprised if there were. -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 10:34
They wouldn't have a vote if they didn't know it would pass. -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:31 8
- I expect this is true. My only hope is that they are using this as a cudgel against some reticents to force their hands - ty97 May 4, 10:41
- "If 22 Republicans vote “no”, and one G.O.P. representative is absent, as expected, the vote is likely to fail." -- nm - mara May 4, 10:40 6
  - To my reading of that sentence, the "as expected" only applies to the absent member, not the number of no votes. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 10:44 3
    - Then they should have left out the word "likely," I think. -- nm - mara May 4, 10:53 1
      - I agree they probably could have worded it more clearly. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 10:58
    - Right. Per the link above, there are 17 expected no. 48 undecided/unclear - ty97 May 4, 10:45
  - That's encouraging. When was the last time a bill was brought to vote that didn't pass? - Mop May 4, 10:41 1
    - Don't know. The Hastert Rule basically means it does not happen anymore. - ty97 May 4, 10:44

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I'm not seeing very many Freedom Caucus members on the No side.

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