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In response to
"
I'm not seeing very many Freedom Caucus members on the No side.
"
by
Strongbad
They wouldn't have a vote if they didn't know it would pass. -- nm
Posted by
Mop (aka rburriel)
May 4 '17, 10:31
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I expect this is true. My only hope is that they are using this as a cudgel against some reticents to force their hands
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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
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mara
May 4, 10:40
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To my reading of that sentence, the "as expected" only applies to the absent member, not the number of no votes.
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znufrii, definitely not 40
May 4, 10:44
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Then they should have left out the word "likely," I think. -- nm
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mara
May 4, 10:53
1
I agree they probably could have worded it more clearly. -- nm
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znufrii, definitely not 40
May 4, 10:58
Right. Per the link above, there are 17 expected no. 48 undecided/unclear
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ty97
May 4, 10:45
That's encouraging. When was the last time a bill was brought to vote that didn't pass?
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Mop
May 4, 10:41
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Don't know. The Hastert Rule basically means it does not happen anymore.
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ty97
May 4, 10:44
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